[[releasenotes]] == Release Notes This section summarizes the changes in the following releases: * <> * <> * <> * <> * <> * <> * <> * <> * <> [[logstash-7-1-1]] === Logstash 7.1.1 Release Notes * There are no user facing changes in this release. [[logstash-7-1-0]] === Logstash 7.1.0 Release Notes * Updates to support changes to licensing of security features. + Some Elastic Stack security features, such as encrypted communications, file and native authentication, and role-based access control, are now available in more subscription levels. For details, see https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions. [[logstash-7-0-1]] === Logstash 7.0.1 Release Notes * Fixed default codec and buffer handling in Java stdout output https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10673[#10673] * Corrected the description of codec behavior in the output stage of Logstash pipelines https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10682[#10682] * Corrected settings file doc to note that Java execution defaults to true https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10701[#10701] * Updated JRuby to 9.2.7.0 https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10674[#10674] * Updated Bundler to 1.17.3 https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10685[#10685] ==== Plugins *Csv Filter* * Fixed asciidoc formatting for example https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-csv/pull/73[#73] * Documented that the `autodetect_column_names` and `skip_header` options work only when the number of Logstash pipeline workers is set to `1`. *Dns Filter* * Fixed issue where unqualified domains would fail to resolve when running this plugin with Logstash 5.x https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-dns/pull/48[#48] * Fixed crash that could occur when encountering certain classes of invalid inputs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-dns/pull/49[#49] *Kv Filter* * Fixed asciidoc formatting in documentation https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-kv/pull/81[#81] * Added a timeout enforcer which prevents inputs that are pathological against the generated parser from blocking the pipeline. By default, timeout is a generous 30s, but can be configured or disabled entirely with the new `timeout_millis` and `tag_on_timeout` directives (https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-kv/pull/79[#79]) * Made error-handling configurable with `tag_on_failure` directive. *Xml Filter* * Fixed creation of empty arrays when xpath failed https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-xml/pull/59[#59] *Dead_letter_queue Input* * Fixed asciidoc formatting in documentation https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-dead_letter_queue/pull/21[#21] *File Input* * Fixed problem in Windows where some paths would fail to return an identifier ("inode"). Make path into a C style String before encoding to UTF-16LE. https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/232[#232] *Snmp Input* * Added support for querying SNMP tables * Changed three error messages in the base_client to include the target address for clarity in the logs. *Tcp Input* * Fixed race condition where data would be accepted before queue was configured * Added support for multiple certificates per file https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-tcp/pull/140[#140] *Twitter Input* * Updated http-form_data to `~> 2` and public_suffix to `~> 3` *Elasticsearch Output* * Fixed bug where index patterns in custom templates could be erroneously overwritten https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/861[#861] *Kafka Output* * Fixed issue with unnecessary sleep after retries exhausted https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-kafka/pull/216[#216] *S3 Output* * Added configuration information for multiple s3 outputs to documentation https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/pull/196[#196] * Fixed formatting problems and typographical errors https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/pull/194[#194], https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/pull/201[#201], and https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/pull/204[#204] * Added support for setting mutipart upload threshold https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/pull/202[#202] [[logstash-7-0-0]] === Logstash 7.0.0 Release Notes The list combines release notes from the 7.0.0-alpha1, -alpha2, -beta1, -rc1 and -rc2 releases. ==== Logstash core * BUGFIX: Correctly count total queued items across multiple pipelines https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10564[#10564] * BUGFIX: Fix issue setting 'enable_metric => false' https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10538[#10538] * BUGFIX: Prevent concurrent convergence of pipeline actions https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10537[#10537] * Monitoring: Change internal document type to push "_doc" instead of "doc" https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10533[#10533] * BUGFIX: Allow explicitly-specified Java codecs https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10520[#10520] * Central management typeless API https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10421[#10421] * Improve docs about using Filebeat modules with Logstash https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10438[#10438] * Bump JRuby to 9.2.6.0 https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10425[#10425] * BUGFIX: Remove exclusive lock for Ruby pipeline initialization https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10462[#10462] * Update Java dependencies https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10340[#10340] * Remove pipeline output workers setting https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10358[#10358] * Cleanup Ruby gems dependencies https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10171[#10171] * Ensure compatibility of module data with ES and Kibana 7.0 https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10356[#10356] * Rename x-pack monitoring and management config option .url and .ca to .hosts and .certificate_authority https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10380[#10380] * BUGFIX: building of deb and rpm artifacts https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10396[#10396] * Make Java execution the default https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/8649[#8649] * Field-reference parsing is now strict by default https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/9543[#9543] * Improvements to core Javaification * BUGFIX: Support for Byte, Short and Date type conversions as seen in the rabbitmq input plugin https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/9984[#9984] ==== Plugins Here are the plugin changes. ===== Codec plugins * logstash-codec-cef - Removed obsolete `sev` and `deprecated_v1_fields` fields - Fixed minor doc inconsistencies (added reverse_mapping to options table, moved it to alpha order in option descriptions, fixed typo) https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-codec-cef/pull/60[#60] * logstash-codec-es_bulk - Add documentation about use with http input * logstash-codec-netflow - Fix sub-second timestamp math - BREAKING: Added support for RFC6759 decoding of application_id. This is a breaking change to the way application_id is decoded. The format changes from e.g. 0:40567 to 0..12356..40567 - Fixed IPFIX options template parsing for Juniper MX240 JunOS 15.1 - Fixed incorrect parsing of zero-filled Netflow 9 packets from Palo Alto - Added support for Netflow v9 devices with VarString fields (H3C Netstream) - Reduced complexity of creating, persisting, loading an retrieving template caches - Fixed issue where TTL in template registry was not being respected - Added Cisco ACI to list of known working Netflow v9 exporters - Added support for IXIA Packet Broker IPFIX - Fixed issue with Procera float fields ===== Filter plugins * logstash-filter-aggregate - new feature: add ability to dynamically define a custom `timeout` or `inactivity_timeout` in `code` block (fix issues https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-aggregate/issues/91[#91] and https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-aggregate/issues/92[#92]) - new feature: add meta informations available in `code` block through `map_meta` variable - new feature: add Logstash metrics, specific to aggregate plugin: aggregate_maps, pushed_events, task_timeouts, code_errors, timeout_code_errors - new feature: validate at startup that `map_action` option equals to 'create', 'update' or 'create_or_update' * logstash-filter-clone - Make 'clones' a required option - Added a warning when 'clones' is empty since that results in a no-op https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-clone/issues/14[#14] * logstash-filter-de_dot - fix failure of fieldnames with boolean value "false" * logstash-filter-dns - Fixed issue where unqualified domains would fail to resolve when running this plugin with Logstash 5.x https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-dns/pull/48[#48] - Fixed crash that could occur when encountering certain classes of invalid inputs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-dns/pull/49[#49] * logstash-filter-elasticsearch - Add support for extracting hits total from Elasticsearch 7.x responses - Added connection check during register to avoid failures during processing - Changed Elasticsearch Client transport to use Manticore - Changed amount of logging details during connection failure * logstash-filter-fingerprint - Fixed concurrent SHA fingerprinting by making the instances thread local * logstash-filter-geoip - Removed obsolete lru_cache_size field * NEW: logstash-filter-http - Beta version of HTTP filter plugin based on @lucashenning's https://github.com/lucashenning/logstash-filter-rest[REST filter]. - Fixed minor documentation issues https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-http/pull/9[#9] - Minor documentation fixes * logstash-filter-jdbc_static - Added info to documentation to emphasize significance of table order https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-jdbc_static/pull/36[36] * logstash-filter-jdbc_streaming - Swap out mysql for postgresql for testing https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-jdbc_streaming/pull/11[#11] * logstash-filter-json - Updated documentation with some clarifications and fixes * logstash-filter-kv - Added a timeout enforcer which prevents inputs that are pathological against the generated parser from blocking the pipeline. By default, timeout is a generous 30s, but can be configured or disabled entirely with the new `timeout_millis` and `tag_on_timeout` directives https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-kv/pull/79[#79] - Made error-handling configurable with `tag_on_failure` directive. * NEW: logstash-filter-memcached - Updated to 1.0.0 - The plugin common options (e.g., `add_field`, `add_tag`, etc.) are now correctly only invoked when the plugin successfully gets one or more values from, or sets one or more values to memcached (#4) - Fix links to argument types in documentation (#3) * logstash-filter-metrics - Fixed two minor typos in documentation * logstash-filter-mutate - Added ability to directly convert from integer and float to boolean https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-mutate/pull/127[#127] * logstash-filter-split - Fixed numeric values, optimized @target verification, cleanups and specs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-split/pull/36[#36] * logstash-filter-xml - Fixed creation of empty arrays when xpath failed https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-xml/pull/59[#59] - Fixed force_array behavior with nested elements https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-xml/pull/57[#57] ===== Input plugins * logstash-input-azure_event_hubs - Updated Azure event hub library dependencies https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-azure_event_hubs/pull/27[#27] * logstash-input-beats - Removed obsolete setting congestion_threshold and target_field_for_codec - Changed default value of `add_hostname` to false - Loosen jar-dependencies manager gem dependency to allow plugin to work with JRubies that include a later version - Updated jar dependencies to reflect newer releases * logstash-input-elasticsearch - Added managed slice scrolling with `slices` option * logstash-input-file - Fixed problem in Windows where some paths would fail to return an identifier ("inode"). Make path into a C style String before encoding to UTF-16LE. https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/232[#232] - Fixed issue where logs were being spammed with needless error messages https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/pull/224[#224] - Fixed problem in tail and read modes where the read loop could get stuck if an IO error occurs in the loop. The file appears to be being read but it is not, suspected with file truncation schemes. https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/205[#205] - Fixed problem in rotation handling where the target file being rotated was subjected to the start_position setting when it must always start from the beginning. https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/214[#214] * logstash-input-gelf - Fixed shutdown handling, robustness in socket closing and restarting, json parsing, code DRYing and cleanups https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-gelf/pull/62[#62] * logstash-input-http - Added configurable response code option https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/103[#103] - Added explanation about operation order of codec and additional_codecs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/104[#104] - Added configurable response code option https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/103[#103] - Added explanation about operation order of codec and additional_codecs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/104[#104] - Loosen jar-dependencies manager gem dependency to allow plugin to work with JRubies that include a later version. - Changed jar dependencies to reflect newer versions * logstash-input-http_poller - Fixed minor doc and doc formatting issues https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http_poller/pull/107[#107] - Removed obsolete field `interval` - Changed `schedule` entry to show that it is required https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http_poller/pull/102[#102] * logstash-input-kafka - Removed obsolete `ssl` option - Added support for kafka property ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-kafka/pull/302[#302] - Changed Kafka client version to 2.1.0 - Changed Kafka client version to 2.0.1 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-kafka/pull/295[#295] * logstash-input-snmp - Added no_codec condition to the documentation and bumped version https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-snmp/pull/39[#39] - Changed docs to improve options layout https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-snmp/pull/38[#38] - Added support for querying SNMP tables - Changed three error messages in the base_client to include the target address for clarity in the logs. * logstash-input-sqs - Added support for multiple events inside same message from SQS https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-sqs/pull/48[#48] * logstash-input-tcp - Removed obsolete `data_timeout` and `ssl_cacert` options - Fixed race condition where data would be accepted before queue was configured - Support multiple certificates per file https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-tcp/pull/140[#140] ===== Output plugins * logstash-output-elasticsearch - Remove support for parent child (still support join data type) since we don't support multiple document types any more - Removed obsolete `flush_size` and `idle_flush_time` - Added 'auto' setting for ILM with default of 'auto' https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/838[#838] - Fixed sniffing support for 7.x https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/827[#827] - Fixed issue with escaping index names which was causing writing aliases for ILM to fail https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/831[#831] - Adds support for Index Lifecycle Management for Elasticsearch 6.6.0 and above, running with at least a Basic License(Beta) https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/805[#805] - Fixed support for Elasticsearch 7.x https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/812[#812] - Tweaked logging statements to reduce verbosity - Fixed numerous issues relating to builds on Travis https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/799[#799] * logstash-output-file - Removed JRuby check when using FIFOs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-file/pull/75[#75] * logstash-output-http - Relax dependency on http_client mixin since current major works on both - Fixed handling of empty `retryable_codes` https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-http/pull/99[#99] * logstash-output-kafka - Fixed issue with unnecessary sleep after retries exhausted https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-kafka/pull/216[#216] - Removed obsolete `block_on_buffer_full`, `ssl` and `timeout_ms` options - Added support for kafka property `ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm` https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-kafka/pull/213[#213] - Changed Kafka client to version 2.1.0 - Changed Kafka client to version 2.0.1 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-kafka/pull/209[#209] * logstash-output-pagerduty - Update _development_ dependency webmock to latest version to prevent conflicts in logstash core's dependency matrix. * logstash-output-redis - Removed obsolete fields `queue` and `name` - Changed major version of redis library dependency to 4.x * logstash-output-s3 - Add support for setting mutipart upload threshold https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/pull/202[#202] - Fixed issue where on restart, 0 byte files could erroneously be uploaded to s3 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/issues/195[#195] * logstash-output-sqs - Removed obsolete fields `batch` and `batch_timeout` - Removed workaround to JRuby bug https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/3645[#3645] * logstash-output-tcp - Removed obsolete field `message_format` - Removed requirement to have a certificate/key pair when enabling ssl * logstash-mixin-http_client - Removed obsolete ssl_certificate_verify option [[logstash-7-0-0-rc2]] === Logstash 7.0.0-rc2 Release Notes ==== Plugins * logstash-input-snmp - Added support for querying SNMP tables - Changed three error messages in the base_client to include the target address for clarity in the logs. [[logstash-7-0-0-rc1]] === Logstash 7.0.0-rc1 Release Notes ==== Logstash core * BUGFIX: Correctly count total queued items across multiple pipelines https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10564[#10564] * BUGFIX: Fix issue setting 'enable_metric => false' https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10538[#10538] * BUGFIX: Prevent concurrent convergence of pipeline actions https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10537[#10537] * Monitoring: Change internal document type to push "_doc" instead of "doc" https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10533[#10533] * BUGFIX: Allow explicitly-specified Java codecs https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10520[#10520] * Central management typeless API https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10421[#10421] * Improve docs about using Filebeat modules with Logstash https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10438[#10438] * Bump JRuby to 9.2.6.0 https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10425[#10425] * BUGFIX: Remove exclusive lock for Ruby pipeline initialization https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10462[#10462] ==== Plugins * logstash-filter-dns - Fixed issue where unqualified domains would fail to resolve when running this plugin with Logstash 5.x https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-dns/pull/48[#48] - Fixed crash that could occur when encountering certain classes of invalid inputs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-dns/pull/49[#49] * logstash-filter-kv - Added a timeout enforcer which prevents inputs that are pathological against the generated parser from blocking the pipeline. By default, timeout is a generous 30s, but can be configured or disabled entirely with the new `timeout_millis` and `tag_on_timeout` directives https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-kv/pull/79[#79] - Made error-handling configurable with `tag_on_failure` directive. * logstash-filter-xml - Fixed creation of empty arrays when xpath failed https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-xml/pull/59[#59] * logstash-input-file - Fixed problem in Windows where some paths would fail to return an identifier ("inode"). Make path into a C style String before encoding to UTF-16LE. https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/232[#232] * logstash-input-tcp - Fixed race condition where data would be accepted before queue was configured - Support multiple certificates per file https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-tcp/pull/140[#140] * logstash-output-kafka - Fixed issue with unnecessary sleep after retries exhausted https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-kafka/pull/216[#216] * logstash-output-s3 - Add support for setting mutipart upload threshold https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/pull/202[#202] [[logstash-7-0-0-beta1]] === Logstash 7.0.0-beta1 Release Notes ==== Logstash core * Update Java dependencies https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10340[#10340] * Remove pipeline output workers setting https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10358[#10358] * Cleanup Ruby gems dependencies https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10171[#10171] * Ensure compatibility of module data with ES and Kibana 7.0 https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10356[#10356] * Rename x-pack monitoring and management config option .url and .ca to .hosts and .certificate_authority https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10380[#10380] * BUGFIX: building of deb and rpm artifacts https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/10396[#10396] ==== Plugins * logstash-codec-cef - Removed obsolete `sev` and `deprecated_v1_fields` fields - Fixed minor doc inconsistencies (added reverse_mapping to options table, moved it to alpha order in option descriptions, fixed typo) https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-codec-cef/pull/60[#60] * logstash-codec-es_bulk - Add documentation about use with http input * logstash-codec-netflow - Fix sub-second timestamp math * logstash-filter-clone - Make 'clones' a required option - Added a warning when 'clones' is empty since that results in a no-op https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-clone/issues/14[#14] * logstash-filter-de_dot - fix failure of fieldnames with boolean value "false" * logstash-filter-geoip - Removed obsolete lru_cache_size field * logstash-filter-http - Fixed minor documentation issues https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-http/pull/9[#9] - Minor documentation fixes * logstash-filter-jdbc_streaming - Swap out mysql for postgresql for testing https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-jdbc_streaming/pull/11[#11] * logstash-filter-json - Updated documentation with some clarifications and fixes * logstash-filter-memcached - Updated to 1.0.0 - The plugin common options (e.g., `add_field`, `add_tag`, etc.) are now correctly only invoked when the plugin successfully gets one or more values from, or sets one or more values to memcached (#4) - Fix links to argument types in documentation (#3) * logstash-filter-metrics - Fixed two minor typos in documentation * logstash-filter-mutate - Added ability to directly convert from integer and float to boolean https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-mutate/pull/127[#127] * logstash-filter-split - Fixed numeric values, optimized @target verification, cleanups and specs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-split/pull/36[#36] * logstash-input-azure_event_hubs - Updated Azure event hub library dependencies https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-azure_event_hubs/pull/27[#27] * logstash-input-beats - Removed obsolete setting congestion_threshold and target_field_for_codec - Changed default value of `add_hostname` to false * logstash-input-elasticsearch - Added managed slice scrolling with `slices` option * logstash-input-http - Added configurable response code option https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/103[#103] - Added explanation about operation order of codec and additional_codecs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/104[#104] * logstash-input-http_poller - Fixed minor doc and doc formatting issues https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http_poller/pull/107[#107] - Removed obsolete field `interval` - Changed `schedule` entry to show that it is required https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http_poller/pull/102[#102] * logstash-input-kafka - Removed obsolete `ssl` option * logstash-input-tcp - Removed obsolete `data_timeout` and `ssl_cacert` options * logstash-mixin-http_client - Removed obsolete ssl_certificate_verify option * logstash-output-elasticsearch - Remove support for parent child (still support join data type) since we don't support multiple document types any more - Removed obsolete `flush_size` and `idle_flush_time` - Added 'auto' setting for ILM with default of 'auto' https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/838[#838] - Fixed sniffing support for 7.x https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/827[#827] - Fixed issue with escaping index names which was causing writing aliases for ILM to fail https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/831[#831] * logstash-output-file - Removed JRuby check when using FIFOs https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-file/pull/75[#75] * logstash-output-http - Relax dependency on http_client mixin since current major works on both * logstash-output-kafka - Removed obsolete `block_on_buffer_full`, `ssl` and `timeout_ms` options * logstash-output-pagerduty - Update _development_ dependency webmock to latest version to prevent conflicts in logstash core's dependency matrix. * logstash-output-redis - Removed obsolete fields `queue` and `name` - Changed major version of redis library dependency to 4.x * logstash-output-sqs - Removed obsolete fields `batch` and `batch_timeout` - Removed workaround to JRuby bug https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/3645[#3645] * logstash-output-tcp - Removed obsolete field `message_format` - Removed requirement to have a certificate/key pair when enabling ssl [[logstash-7-0-0-alpha2]] === Logstash 7.0.0-alpha2 Release Notes ==== Plugins * logstash-filter-elasticsearch - Add support for extracting hits total from Elasticsearch 7.x responses - Added connection check during register to avoid failures during processing - Changed Elasticsearch Client transport to use Manticore - Changed amount of logging details during connection failure * logstash-filter-fingerprint - Fixed concurrent SHA fingerprinting by making the instances thread local * NEW: logstash-filter-http - Beta version of HTTP filter plugin based on @lucashenning's https://github.com/lucashenning/logstash-filter-rest[REST filter]. * NEW: logstash-filter-memcached * logstash-input-beats - Loosen jar-dependencies manager gem dependency to allow plugin to work with JRubies that include a later version - Updated jar dependencies to reflect newer releases * logstash-input-file - Fixed issue where logs were being spammed with needless error messages https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/pull/224[#224] - Fixed problem in tail and read modes where the read loop could get stuck if an IO error occurs in the loop. The file appears to be being read but it is not, suspected with file truncation schemes. https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/205[#205] * logstash-input-gelf - Fixed shutdown handling, robustness in socket closing and restarting, json parsing, code DRYing and cleanups https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-gelf/pull/62[#62] * logstash-input-http - Loosen jar-dependencies manager gem dependency to allow plugin to work with JRubies that include a later version. - Changed jar dependencies to reflect newer versions * logstash-input-kafka - Added support for kafka property ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-kafka/pull/302[#302] - Changed Kafka client version to 2.1.0 - Changed Kafka client version to 2.0.1 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-kafka/pull/295[#295] * logstash-output-elasticsearch - Adds support for Index Lifecycle Management for Elasticsearch 6.6.0 and above, running with at least a Basic License(Beta) https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/805[#805] - Fixed support for Elasticsearch 7.x https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/812[#812] * logstash-output-http - Fixed handling of empty `retryable_codes` https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-http/pull/99[#99] * logstash-output-kafka - Added support for kafka property `ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm` https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-kafka/pull/213[#213] - Changed Kafka client to version 2.1.0 - Changed Kafka client to version 2.0.1 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-kafka/pull/209[#209] [[logstash-7-0-0-alpha1]] === Logstash 7.0.0-alpha1 Release Notes ==== Logstash core * Make Java execution the default https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/8649[#8649] * Field-reference parsing is now strict by default https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/9543[#9543] * Improvements to core Javaification * BUGFIX: Support for Byte, Short and Date type conversions as seen in the rabbitmq input plugin https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/9984[#9984] ==== Plugins * logstash-codec-netflow - BREAKING: Added support for RFC6759 decoding of application_id. This is a breaking change to the way application_id is decoded. The format changes from e.g. 0:40567 to 0..12356..40567 - Fixed IPFIX options template parsing for Juniper MX240 JunOS 15.1 - Fixed incorrect parsing of zero-filled Netflow 9 packets from Palo Alto - Added support for Netflow v9 devices with VarString fields (H3C Netstream) - Reduced complexity of creating, persisting, loading an retrieving template caches - Fixed issue where TTL in template registry was not being respected - Added Cisco ACI to list of known working Netflow v9 exporters - Added support for IXIA Packet Broker IPFIX - Fixed issue with Procera float fields * logstash-filter-aggregate - new feature: add ability to dynamically define a custom `timeout` or `inactivity_timeout` in `code` block (fix issues https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-aggregate/issues/91[#91] and https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-aggregate/issues/92[#92]) - new feature: add meta informations available in `code` block through `map_meta` variable - new feature: add Logstash metrics, specific to aggregate plugin: aggregate_maps, pushed_events, task_timeouts, code_errors, timeout_code_errors - new feature: validate at startup that `map_action` option equals to 'create', 'update' or 'create_or_update' * logstash-filter-jdbc_static - Added info to documentation to emphasize significance of table order https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-jdbc_static/pull/36[36] * logstash-filter-xml - Fixed creation of empty arrays when xpath failed https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-xml/pull/59[#59] - Fixed force_array behavior with nested elements https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-xml/pull/57[#57] * logstash-input-file - Fixed problem in rotation handling where the target file being rotated was subjected to the start_position setting when it must always start from the beginning. https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/214[#214] * logstash-input-snmp - Added no_codec condition to the documentation and bumped version https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-snmp/pull/39[#39] - Changed docs to improve options layout https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-snmp/pull/38[#38] * logstash-input-sqs - Added support for multiple events inside same message from SQS https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-sqs/pull/48[#48] * logstash-output-elasticsearch - Tweaked logging statements to reduce verbosity - Fixed numerous issues relating to builds on Travis https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/799[#799] * logstash-output-s3 - Fixed issue where on restart, 0 byte files could erroneously be uploaded to s3 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/issues/195[#195]