Process Laravel Log files on Logstash and forward to ElasticSearch

You will need to have of course an ELK stack running. The easiest way is to use Vagrant ELK Box

git clone https://github.com/comperiosearch/vagrant-elk-box.git
cd vagrant-elk-box
vagrant up

once you are done setting it up, clone this repo in the root folder of that vm and login to its ssh

git clone https://github.com/buonzz/logstash-laravel-logs.git

login to ssh of ELK box

vagrant ssh

run the sample log file

cd /vagrant/logstash-laravel-logs
/opt/logstash/bin/logstash agent -f logstash.conf  < logs/laravel.log

This will parse the contents of laravel.log sample file. Of course you can replace that file with your actual access log, or specify a different filename.

Once parsed, it will be indexed to ElasticSearch running in the localhost. The default index name is laravel_logs To view the indexed data in your browser, just visit this URL:

http://localhost:9200/laravel_logs/_search?pretty

this will show a result from ElasticSearch, with the tokens of log file broken down to each key.