Installing Logstash on Debian Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Logstash from the official Elastic website on Debian system.

Prerequisites

A Debian system with root user access.
Java 8 or later version installed on your system. You can check the installed version by running the following command:
```
 java -version
```

Download and Install Logstash

Download the latest version of Logstash using the below command:
```
wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/logstash/logstash-{version}.tar.gz
```
Replace {version} with the actual version that you want to install.
Extract the downloaded file using the below command:
```
tar -xzf logstash-{version}.tar.gz
```
Move the extracted Logstash folder to /usr/share directory, which is the default directory for installing Elasticsearch packages.
```
mv logstash-{version} /usr/share/logstash
```
Create a symbolic link to the Logstash binary file, which makes it easier to access Logstash from anywhere in the system.
```
ln -s /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash /usr/bin/logstash
```

Start and Stop Logstash Service

Start Logstash service using the below command:
```
systemctl start logstash
```
Verify that Logstash is running using the command:
```
systemctl status logstash
```
This command will output the status of the Logstash service, including whether it's currently active or not.
To stop Logstash service, use the below command:
```
systemctl stop logstash
```

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have installed Logstash on the Debian system from the official Elastic website. You can now use Logstash for ingesting and processing your log data.