IIS module
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The iis module parses access and error logs created by the Internet Information Services (IIS) HTTP server.
The iis module currently supports only the default W3C log format.
When you run the module, it performs a few tasks under the hood:
- Sets the default paths to the log files (but don’t worry, you can override the defaults)
- Makes sure each multiline log event gets sent as a single event
- Uses an Elasticsearch ingest pipeline to parse and process the log lines, shaping the data into a structure suitable for visualizing in Kibana
- Deploys dashboards for visualizing the log data
Read the quick start to learn how to configure and run modules.
The IIS module was tested with logs from version 7.5 and version 10.
You can further refine the behavior of the iis module by specifying variable settings in the modules.d/iis.yml file, or overriding settings at the command line.
You must enable at least one fileset in the module. Filesets are disabled by default.
The following example shows how to set paths in the modules.d/iis.yml file to override the default paths for IIS access logs and error logs:
- module: iis
access:
enabled: true
var.paths: ["C:/inetpub/logs/LogFiles/*/*.log"]
error:
enabled: true
var.paths: ["C:/Windows/System32/LogFiles/HTTPERR/*.log"]
To specify the same settings at the command line, you use:
-M "iis.access.var.paths=[C:/inetpub/logs/LogFiles/*/*.log]" -M "iis.error.var.paths=[C:/Windows/System32/LogFiles/HTTPERR/*.log]"
Each fileset has separate variable settings for configuring the behavior of the module. If you don’t specify variable settings, the iis module uses the defaults.
For advanced use cases, you can also override input settings. See Override input settings.
When you specify a setting at the command line, remember to prefix the setting with the module name, for example, iis.access.var.paths instead of access.var.paths.
var.paths- An array of glob-based paths that specify where to look for the log files. All patterns supported by Go Glob are also supported here. For example, you can use wildcards to fetch all files from a predefined level of subdirectories:
/path/to/log/*/*.log. This fetches all.logfiles from the subfolders of/path/to/log. It does not fetch log files from the/path/to/logfolder itself. If this setting is left empty, Filebeat will choose log paths based on your operating system.
var.paths- An array of glob-based paths that specify where to look for the log files. All patterns supported by Go Glob are also supported here. For example, you can use wildcards to fetch all files from a predefined level of subdirectories:
/path/to/log/*/*.log. This fetches all.logfiles from the subfolders of/path/to/log. It does not fetch log files from the/path/to/logfolder itself. If this setting is left empty, Filebeat will choose log paths based on your operating system.
This module comes with a sample dashboard. For example:
For a description of each field in the module, see the exported fields section.