Logstash Plugins

Logstash has a rich collection of input, filter, codec, and output plugins. Check out the Elastic Support Matrix to see which plugins are supported at various levels.

The plugins make up your Logstash pipeline.

• Integration plugins combine related plugins—​inputs, outputs, and sometimes filters and codecs—​into one package.

• Input plugins enable a specific source of events to be read by Logstash.

• Filter plugins perform intermediary processing on an event. Filters are often applied conditionally depending on the characteristics of the event.

• Codec plugins change the data representation of an event. Codecs are essentially stream filters that can operate as part of an input or output.

• Output plugins send event data to a particular destination. Outputs are the final stage in the Logstash event pipeline.