ElasticsearchLoggerBackend

Send logs in batches via the elasticsearch bulk index api!

Installation

If available in Hex, the package can be installed as:

1. Add elasticsearch_logger_backend to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

```elixir
def deps do
  [{:elasticsearch_logger_backend, "~> 0.1.0"}]
end
```

1. Ensure elasticsearch_logger_backend is started before your application:

```elixir
def application do
  [applications: [:elasticsearch_logger_backend]]
end
```

Usage

Application config:

  config :logger,
    backends: [{ElasticsearchLoggerBackend, :es_log}]

  config :logger, :es_log, [
    level: :info,
    index_format: "index-{YYYY}.{0M}.{0D}",
    elasticsearch_uri: "http://elasticsearch:9200/"
  ]

Runtime config:

  Logger.add_backend({ElasticsearchLoggerBackend, :es_log})
  Logger.configure_backend({ElasticsearchLoggerBackend, :es_log}, [
    elasticsearch_uri: "http://elasticsearch:9200/",
    index_format: "index-{YYYY}.{0M}.{0D}",
    level: :info,
  ])

Config Options

• level - The minimum level to be logged by this backend.
• metadata - The metadata to be included as fields on the event. Defaults to an empty list (no metadata).
• elasticsearch_uri - Uri of the elasticsearch instance used for logs.
• type - Type used for log events. Defaults to logevent
• index_format - Index used for log events. Can be a Timex format string to include date information, such as "index-{YYYY}.{0M}.{0D}"
• ship_interval - How often buffered log events are sent to the elasticsearch cluster. Defaults to 5_000ms,
• timezone - Timex timezone used in formatting the @timestamp field. Default to :utc.