:plugin: tcp
:type: input

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[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}"]

=== Tcp input plugin

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==== Description

Read events over a TCP socket.

Like stdin and file inputs, each event is assumed to be one line of text.

Can either accept connections from clients or connect to a server,
depending on `mode`.

===== Accepting log4j2 logs

Log4j2 can send JSON over a socket, and we can use that combined with our tcp
input to accept the logs. 

First, we need to configure your application to send logs in JSON over a
socket. The following log4j2.xml accomplishes this task.

Note, you will want to change the `host` and `port` settings in this
configuration to match your needs.

    <Configuration>
      <Appenders>
         <Socket name="Socket" host="localhost" port="12345">
           <JsonLayout compact="true" eventEol="true" />
        </Socket>
      </Appenders>
      <Loggers>
        <Root level="info">
          <AppenderRef ref="Socket"/>
        </Root>
      </Loggers>
    </Configuration>

To accept this in Logstash, you will want tcp input and a date filter:

    input {
      tcp {
        port => 12345
        codec => json
      }
    }

and add a date filter to take log4j2's `timeMillis` field and use it as the
event timestamp

    filter {
      date {
        match => [ "timeMillis", "UNIX_MS" ]
      }
    }

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-options"]
==== Tcp Input Configuration Options

This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options>> described later.

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|=======================================================================
|Setting |Input type|Required
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-host>> |<<string,string>>|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-mode>> |<<string,string>>, one of `["server", "client"]`|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-port>> |<<number,number>>|Yes
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-proxy_protocol>> |<<boolean,boolean>>|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_cert>> |a valid filesystem path|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_enable>> |<<boolean,boolean>>|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_extra_chain_certs>> |<<array,array>>|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_key>> |a valid filesystem path|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_key_passphrase>> |<<password,password>>|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_verify>> |<<boolean,boolean>>|No
|=======================================================================

Also see <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options>> for a list of options supported by all
input plugins.

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[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-host"]
===== `host` 

  * Value type is <<string,string>>
  * Default value is `"0.0.0.0"`

When mode is `server`, the address to listen on.
When mode is `client`, the address to connect to.

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-mode"]
===== `mode` 

  * Value can be any of: `server`, `client`
  * Default value is `"server"`

Mode to operate in. `server` listens for client connections,
`client` connects to a server.

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-port"]
===== `port` 

  * This is a required setting.
  * Value type is <<number,number>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.

When mode is `server`, the port to listen on.
When mode is `client`, the port to connect to.

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-proxy_protocol"]
===== `proxy_protocol` 

  * Value type is <<boolean,boolean>>
  * Default value is `false`

Proxy protocol support, only v1 is supported at this time
http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.5/doc/proxy-protocol.txt

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_cert"]
===== `ssl_cert` 

  * Value type is <<path,path>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.

SSL certificate path

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_enable"]
===== `ssl_enable` 

  * Value type is <<boolean,boolean>>
  * Default value is `false`

Enable SSL (must be set for other `ssl_` options to take effect).

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_extra_chain_certs"]
===== `ssl_extra_chain_certs` 

  * Value type is <<array,array>>
  * Default value is `[]`

An Array of extra X509 certificates to be added to the certificate chain.
Useful when the CA chain is not necessary in the system store.

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_key"]
===== `ssl_key` 

  * Value type is <<path,path>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.

SSL key path

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_key_passphrase"]
===== `ssl_key_passphrase` 

  * Value type is <<password,password>>
  * Default value is `nil`

SSL key passphrase

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_verify"]
===== `ssl_verify` 

  * Value type is <<boolean,boolean>>
  * Default value is `true`

Verify the identity of the other end of the SSL connection against the CA.
For input, sets the field `sslsubject` to that of the client certificate.



[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options"]
include::{include_path}/{type}.asciidoc[]