This is a plugin for Logstash that outputs logs to New Relic.

Install the New Relic Logstash plugin using the following command:
logstash-plugin install logstash-output-newrelic

Versions of this plugin less than 1.0.0 are unsupported.

Add one of the following blocks to your logstash.conf (with your specific key), then restart Logstash. There are other optional configuration properties, see below.

Get your API Insert Key: https://insights.newrelic.com/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/manage/api_keys

Example:

output {
  newrelic {
    api_key => "<API_INSERT_KEY>"
  }
}

Get your License Key: https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>

Example:

output {
  newrelic {
    license_key => "<LICENSE_KEY>"
  }
}

Exactly one of the following:

When using this plugin in the EU override the base_uri with https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1

An easy way to test the plugin is to make sure Logstash is getting input from a log file you can write to. Something like this in your logstash.conf:

input {
  file {
    path => "/path/to/your/log/file"
  }
}

• Restart Logstash
• Append a test log message to your log file: echo "test message" >> /path/to/your/log/file
• Search New Relic Logs for "test message"

New Relic hosts and moderates an online forum where customers can interact with New Relic employees as well as other customers to get help and share best practices. Like all official New Relic open source projects, there's a related Community topic in the New Relic Explorers Hub: Log forwarding

As noted in our security policy, New Relic is committed to the privacy and security of our customers and their data. We believe that providing coordinated disclosure by security researchers and engaging with the security community are important means to achieve our security goals.

If you believe you have found a security vulnerability in this project or any of New Relic's products or websites, we welcome and greatly appreciate you reporting it to New Relic through HackerOne.

If you would like to contribute to this project, review these guidelines.

logstash-output-plugin is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.