Edit : I changed the title because the issue was not what I initially thought. The fact is that logstash takes more than a minute to starts, which can be misinterpreted as "silence"...
I'm trying to make logstash running, so I've followed the instruction on the official site for a standalone installation : http://logstash.net/docs/1.1.4/tutorials/getting-started-simple
Basically, I got the logstash-1.1.4-monolithic.jar file, then build a very simple config file : (example.conf)
input {
stdin { type => "stdin-type" }
}
output {
stdout { debug_format => "json" }
}
But when I run logstash, nothing is coming out (I'm typing random text in STDIN, but get no response) :
# java -jar logstash-1.1.4-monolithic.jar agent -f example.conf
Test
toto
hey ??? Wakeup !!!
^C
(For information : Java version is correct)
# java -version
java version "1.6.0_26"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
Please, can someone tell me what I'm missing ?
Ok, I've found by myself.
Everything was working just fine. It's just that logstash is soooooo long to launch. More than 60 seconds on my (humble) server !! Add to that huge starting time the fact that nothing is printed when launched...