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Zfsbeat

Welcome to Zfsbeat.

Ensure that this folder is at the following location: ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/maireanu/zfsbeat

Getting Started with Zfsbeat

Requirements

Install and run the zfs beat

Download the latest release https:/maireanu/zfsbeat/releases

Get the config zfsbeat.yml file example from the repo and adjust according to your needs

zfsbeat:
  # Defines how often an event is sent to the output
  period: 1s
  # Defines the information needed from the beat
  source_zpool: true
  source_filesystem: true
  source_snapshot: true

name: "Zfsbeat"
seccomp.enabled: false 

# Defines the output of the beat
output.logstash:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["localhost:5044"]  

Run the beat

The beat needs to have enought permision in order to use the zfs you can give permisions by using zfs delegate ( if the zfs version is > 0.7.0 ) or by running it under the root user https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23823_01/html/819-5461/gbchv.html#scrolltoc

./zfsbeat -c zfsbeat.yml &

# In order to run it on debug mode use
./zfsbeat -c zfsbeat.yml -e -d "*"

Init Project

To get running with Zfsbeat and also install the dependencies, run the following command:

make setup

It will create a clean git history for each major step. Note that you can always rewrite the history if you wish before pushing your changes.

To push Zfsbeat in the git repository, run the following commands:

git remote set-url origin https:/maireanu/zfsbeat
git push origin master

For further development, check out the beat developer guide.

Build

To build the binary for Zfsbeat run the command below. This will generate a binary in the same directory with the name zfsbeat.

make

Run

To run Zfsbeat with debugging output enabled, run:

./zfsbeat -c zfsbeat.yml -e -d "*"

Test

To test Zfsbeat, run the following command:

make testsuite

alternatively:

make unit-tests
make system-tests
make integration-tests
make coverage-report

The test coverage is reported in the folder ./build/coverage/

Update

Each beat has a template for the mapping in elasticsearch and a documentation for the fields which is automatically generated based on fields.yml by running the following command.

make update

Cleanup

To clean Zfsbeat source code, run the following command:

make fmt

To clean up the build directory and generated artifacts, run:

make clean

Clone

To clone Zfsbeat from the git repository, run the following commands:

mkdir -p ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/maireanu/zfsbeat
git clone https:/maireanu/zfsbeat ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/maireanu/zfsbeat

For further development, check out the beat developer guide.

Packaging

The beat frameworks provides tools to crosscompile and package your beat for different platforms. This requires docker and vendoring as described above. To build packages of your beat, run the following command:

make release

This will fetch and create all images required for the build process. The whole process to finish can take several minutes.