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Chapter 2. Installing the Centralized Logging Suite
2.1. Installing the Centralized Log Relay/Transformer
Locate a bare metal system that meets the following minimum specifications:
- 8 GB of memory
- Single-socket Xeon class CPU
- 500 GB of disk space
- Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Allow the system to access the Operational Tools packages:
Register the system and subscribe it:
# subscription-manager register # subscription-manager list --consumed
If an OpenStack subscription is not attached automatically, see the documentation for manually attaching subscriptions.
Disable initially enabled repositories and enable only the ones appropriate for the Operational Tools:
# subscription-manager repos --disable=* # subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-openstack-8-optools-rpms
NoteThe base OpenStack repository (rhel-7-server-openstack-8-rpms) must not be enabled on this node. This repository may contain newer versions of certain Operational Tools dependencies which may be incompatible with the Operational Tools packages.
Install the
Elasticsearch
,Fluentd
, andKibana
software by running the following command:# yum install elasticsearch fluentd rubygem-fluent-plugin-elasticsearch kibana httpd
Enable Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) in
Elasticsearch
. To do so, edit/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
and add the following lines to the end of the file:http.cors.enabled: true http.cors.allow-origin: "/.*/"
NoteThis will allow the
Elasticsearch
JavaScript applications to be called from any web page on any web server. To allow CORS from yourKibana
server only, use:http.cors.allow-origin: "http://LOGGING_SERVER"
Replace LOGGING_SERVER with the IP address or the host name of your
Kibana
server, depending on whether you are going to accessKibana
using the IP address or the host name. However, if theElasticsearch
service is only accessible from trusted hosts, it is safe to use"/.*/"
.Start the
Elasticsearch
instance and enable it at boot:# systemctl start elasticsearch # systemctl enable elasticsearch
To confirm the
Elasticsearch
instance is working, run the following command:# curl http://localhost:9200/
This should give a response similar to the following:
{ "status" : 200, "name" : "elasticsearch.example.com", "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch", "version" : { "number" : "1.5.2", "build_hash" : "c88f77ffc81301dfa9dfd81ca2232f09588bd512", "build_timestamp" : "2015-02-19T13:05:36Z", "build_snapshot" : false, "lucene_version" : "4.10.3" }, "tagline" : "You Know, for Search" }
Configure
Fluentd
to accept log data and write it toElasticsearch
. Edit/etc/fluentd/fluent.conf
and replace its content with the following:# In v1 configuration, type and id are @ prefix parameters. # @type and @id are recommended. type and id are still available for backward compatibility <source> @type forward port 4000 bind 0.0.0.0 </source> <match **> @type elasticsearch host localhost port 9200 logstash_format true flush_interval 5 </match>
Start
Fluentd
and enable it at boot:# systemctl start fluentd # systemctl enable fluentd
TipCheck the journal for
Fluentd
and ensure it has no errors at start:# journalctl -u fluentd -l -f
Configure
Kibana
to point to theElasticsearch
instance. Create/etc/httpd/conf.d/kibana3.conf
and place the following content inside:<VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot /usr/share/kibana <Directory /usr/share/kibana> Require all granted Options -Multiviews </Directory> </VirtualHost>
If you want to restrict access to
Kibana
andElasticsearch
to authorized users only, for example, because these services are running on a system in an open network, secure the virtual host using HTTP Basic authentication and moveElasticseach
behind a proxy. To do so, follow these steps:Create (or rewrite) the
/etc/httpd/conf.d/kibana3.conf
file with the following content:<VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot /usr/share/kibana <Directory /usr/share/kibana> Options -Multiviews AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd-kibana AuthName "Restricted Kibana Server" AuthType Basic Require valid-user </Directory> # Proxy for Elasticsearch <LocationMatch "^/(_nodes|_aliases|.*/_aliases|_search|.*/_search|_mapping|.*/_mapping)$"> ProxyPassMatch http://127.0.0.1:9200/$1 ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:9200/$1 </LocationMatch> # Proxy for kibana-int/{dashboard,temp} <LocationMatch "^/(kibana-int/dashboard/|kibana-int/temp)(.*)$"> ProxyPassMatch http://127.0.0.1:9200/$1$2 ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:9200/$1$2 </LocationMatch> </Virtualhost>
NoteYou can use a different path for the
AuthUserFile
option as well as any other description for theAuthName
option.Create a pair of user name and password which will be allowed to access
Kibana
. To do so, run the following command:# htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd-kibana user_name
NoteIf you are using a different path for the
AuthUserFile
option, change the command accordingly.Replace user_name with a user name of your choice. When prompted, enter the password that will be used with this user name. You will be prompted to re-type the password.
Optionally, create more users with their own passwords by running the following command:
# htpasswd /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd-kibana another_user_name
Configure
Elasticsearch
to listen on thelocalhost
interface only. To do so, open the/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
file in an editor and append the following option:network.host: 127.0.0.1
You must also configure
Elasticsearch
to allow using HTTP Basic authentication data with CORS by appending the following option to/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
:http.cors.allow-credentials: true
Restart
Elasticsearch
for these changes to take effect:# systemctl restart elasticsearch
Finally, ensure that the
Elasticsearch
files are downloaded using the proxy, and that the HTTP Basic authentication data is sent by the browser. To do so, edit the/usr/share/kibana/config.js
file. Find the following line in this file:elasticsearch: "http://"+window.location.hostname+":9200",
and change it as follows:
elasticsearch: {server: "http://"+window.location.hostname, withCredentials: true},
Enable
Kibana
(inside Apache) to connect toElasticsearch
, and then start Apache and enable it at boot:# setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1 # systemctl start httpd # systemctl enable httpd
Open the firewall on the system to allow connections to
Fluentd
andhttpd
:# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=4000/tcp --permanent # firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=http --permanent # firewall-cmd --reload
Moreover, if you have not configured HTTP authentication and
Elasticsearch
proxy, open the firewall to allow direct connections toElasticsearch
:# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=9200/tcp --permanent # firewall-cmd --reload
ImportantIf you do not restrict access to
Kibana
andElasticseach
using HTTP authentication, the information provided by Kibana and Elasticsearch is available to anyone without any authentication. To secure the data, ensure that the system or the open TCP ports (80, 4000, and 9200) are only accessible from trusted hosts.
2.2. Installing the Log Collection Agent on All Nodes
To collect the logs from all the systems in the OpenStack environment and send them to your centralized logging server, run the following commands on all the OpenStack systems.
Enable the Operational Tools repository:
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-openstack-8-optools-rpms
Install
fluentd
andrubygem-fluent-plugin-add
:# yum install fluentd rubygem-fluent-plugin-add
Configure the
Fluentd
user so it has permissions to read all the OpenStack log files. Do this by running the following command:# for user in {keystone,nova,neutron,cinder,glance}; do usermod -a -G $user fluentd; done
Note that you may get an error on some nodes about missing groups. This can be disregarded as not all the nodes run all the services.
Configure
Fluentd
. Make sure/etc/fluentd/fluent.conf
looks like the following; be sure to replace LOGGING_SERVER with the host name or IP address of your centralized logging server configured above:# In v1 configuration, type and id are @ prefix parameters. # @type and @id are recommended. type and id are still available for backward compatibility # Nova compute <source> @type tail path /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log tag nova.compute format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match nova.compute> type add <pair> service nova.compute hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Nova API <source> @type tail path /var/log/nova/nova-api.log tag nova.api format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match nova.api> type add <pair> service nova.api hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Nova Cert <source> @type tail path /var/log/nova/nova-cert.log tag nova.cert format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match nova.cert> type add <pair> service nova.cert hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Nova Conductor <source> @type tail path /var/log/nova/nova-conductor.log tag nova.conductor format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match nova.conductor> type add <pair> service nova.conductor hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Nova Consoleauth <source> @type tail path /var/log/nova/nova-consoleauth.log tag nova.consoleauth format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match nova.consoleauth> type add <pair> service nova.consoleauth hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Nova Scheduler <source> @type tail path /var/log/nova/nova-scheduler.log tag nova.scheduler format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match nova.scheduler> type add <pair> service nova.scheduler hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Neutron Openvswitch Agent <source> @type tail path /var/log/neutron/openvswitch-agent.log tag neutron.openvswitch format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match neutron.openvswitch> type add <pair> service neutron.openvswitch hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Neutron Server <source> @type tail path /var/log/neutron/server.log tag neutron.server format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match neutron.server> type add <pair> service neutron.server hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Neutron DHCP Agent <source> @type tail path /var/log/neutron/dhcp-agent.log tag neutron.dhcp format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match neutron.dhcp> type add <pair> service neutron.dhcp hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Neutron L3 Agent <source> @type tail path /var/log/neutron/l3-agent.log tag neutron.l3 format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match neutron.l3> type add <pair> service neutron.l3 hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Neutron Metadata Agent <source> @type tail path /var/log/neutron/metadata-agent.log tag neutron.metadata format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match neutron.metadata> type add <pair> service neutron.metadata hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Keystone <source> @type tail path /var/log/keystone/keystone.log tag keystone format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match keystone> type add <pair> service keystone hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Glance API <source> @type tail path /var/log/glance/api.log tag glance.api format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match glance.api> type add <pair> service glance.api hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Glance Registry <source> @type tail path /var/log/glance/registry.log tag glance.registry format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match glance.registry> type add <pair> service glance.registry hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Cinder API <source> @type tail path /var/log/cinder/api.log tag cinder.api format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match cinder.api> type add <pair> service cinder.api hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Cinder Scheduler <source> @type tail path /var/log/cinder/scheduler.log tag cinder.scheduler format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match cinder.scheduler> type add <pair> service cinder.scheduler hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> # Cinder Volume <source> @type tail path /var/log/cinder/volume.log tag cinder.volume format multiline format_firstline /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ format /(?<time>[^ ]* [^ ]*) (?<pid>[^ ]*) (?<loglevel>[^ ]*) (?<class>[^ ]*) \[(?<context>.*)\] (?<message>.*)/ time_format %F %T.%L </source> <match cinder.volume> type add <pair> service cinder.volume hostname "#{Socket.gethostname}" </pair> </match> <match greped.**> @type forward heartbeat_type tcp <server> name LOGGING_SERVER host LOGGING_SERVER port 4000 </server> </match>
Now that
Fluentd
has been configured, start theFluentd
service and enable it at boot:# systemctl start fluentd # systemctl enable fluentd
You should now be able to access Kibana
running at http://LOGGING_SERVER/index.html#/dashboard/file/logstash.json
and see logs start to populate. If you have enabled HTTP Basic authentication in the Kibana
configuration, you must enter a valid user name and password to access this page.
By default, the front page of the logging server, http://LOGGING_SERVER/
, is a Kibana
welcome screen providing technical requirements and additional configuration information. If you want the logs to be available here, replace the default.json
file in the Kibana
application directory with logstash.json
, but first create a backup copy of default.json
in case you need this file again in the future:
# mv /usr/share/kibana/app/dashboards/default.json /usr/share/kibana/app/dashboards/default.json.orig # cp /usr/share/kibana/app/dashboards/logstash.json /usr/share/kibana/app/dashboards/default.json