#log4j-elastic-search-example

One-jar application that logs events in elastic search using the log4j elastic search appender

##Usage:

###1) Run logstash or elastic search in your local machine

logstash agent -f ../myConf.conf

(See http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/tutorials/getting-started-with-logstash)

Check service is running and indexes are created in http://localhost:9200/_stats

###2) Compilation of both projects

cd elasticsearchlog4jappender

mvn clean install

cd ..

cd test-client

mvn clean install

###3) Print some log using log4j

cd test-client

cd target

java -jar test-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.one-jar.jar

###4) Run Kibana and check for the log indexed

cd <kibanaFolder>

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Open http://localhost:8000/ in a browser