how to setup efk logging in aks cluster nodes? - elasticsearch

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how to set up efk logging in aks cluster nodes?
Below are my spec files for efk logging in aks clusters.
# Elasticsearch.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
name: es-cluster
namespace: logging
spec:
serviceName: logs-elasticsearch
replicas: 3
selector:
matchLabels:
app: elasticsearch
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: elasticsearch
spec:
containers:
- name: elasticsearch
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.5.0
resources:
limits:
cpu: 1000m
requests:
cpu: 500m
ports:
- containerPort: 9200
name: rest
protocol: TCP
- containerPort: 9300
name: inter-node
protocol: TCP
volumeMounts:
- name: data-logging
mountPath: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data
env:
- name: cluster.name
value: k8s-logs
- name: node.name
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.name
- name: discovery.seed_hosts
value: "es-cluster-0.logs-elasticsearch,es-cluster-1.logs-elasticsearch,es-cluster-2.logs-elasticsearch"
- name: cluster.initial_master_nodes
value: "es-cluster-0,es-cluster-1,es-cluster-2"
- name: ES_JAVA_OPTS
value: "-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
initContainers:
- name: fix-permissions
image: busybox
command: ["sh", "-c", "chown -R 1000:1000 /usr/share/elasticsearch/data"]
securityContext:
privileged: true
volumeMounts:
- name: data-logging
mountPath: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data
- name: increase-vm-max-map
image: busybox
command: ["sysctl", "-w", "vm.max_map_count=262144"]
securityContext:
privileged: true
- name: increase-fd-ulimit
image: busybox
command: ["sh", "-c", "ulimit -n 65536"]
securityContext:
privileged: true
volumeClaimTemplates:
- metadata:
name: data-logging
labels:
app: elasticsearch
spec:
accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
storageClassName: "managed-premium-retain-sc"
resources:
requests:
storage: 100Gi
---
kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: logs-elasticsearch
namespace: logging
labels:
app: elasticsearch
spec:
selector:
app: elasticsearch
clusterIP: None
ports:
- port: 9200
name: rest
- port: 9300
name: inter-node
########################
# Kibana yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: kibana
labels:
app: kibana
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: kibana
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: kibana
spec:
containers:
- name: kibana
image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.5.0
resources:
limits:
cpu: 1000m
requests:
cpu: 500m
env:
- name: ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS
value: http://logs-elasticsearch.logging.svc.cluster.local:9200
ports:
- containerPort: 5601
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: logs-kibana
spec:
selector:
app: kibana
type: ClusterIP
ports:
- port: 5601
targetPort: 5601
##################
# fluentd daemonset and rbac,sa,clusterrole specs
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: fluentd
labels:
app: fluentd
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
name: fluentd
labels:
app: fluentd
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ""
resources:
- pods
- namespaces
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
---
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: fluentd
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: fluentd
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: fluentd
namespace: default
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
name: fluentd
labels:
app: fluentd
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: fluentd
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: fluentd
spec:
serviceAccount: fluentd
serviceAccountName: fluentd
containers:
- name: fluentd
image: fluent/fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset:v1.4.2-debian-elasticsearch-1.1
env:
- name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_HOST
value: "logs-elasticsearch.logging.svc.cluster.local"
- name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_PORT
value: "9200"
- name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_SCHEME
value: "http"
- name: FLUENTD_SYSTEMD_CONF
value: disable
- name: FLUENT_UID
value: "0"
resources:
limits:
memory: 512Mi
cpu: 500m
requests:
cpu: 100m
memory: 200Mi
volumeMounts:
- name: varlog
mountPath: /var/log/
- name: varlibdockercontainers
mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
readOnly: true
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
volumes:
- name: varlog
hostPath:
path: /var/log/
- name: varlibdockercontainers
hostPath:
path: /var/lib/docker/containers
The setup is working fine only thing no logs are coming to elasticsearch cluster from fluentd whereas the same spec files work fine inside minikube cluster.
As for this setup kibana is up and able to connect with elasticsearch and the same is the case with fluentd, just logs are not coming inside elasticseach.
What extra configuration needs to be configured to make these config files work with azure k8 service(AKS) cluster nodes?

Answer 1

Had to add below environment variables for Fluentd.
Reference Link: https://github.com/fluent/fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset/issues/434
- name: FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_EXCLUDE_PATH
value: /var/log/containers/fluent*
- name: FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_PARSER_TYPE
value: /^(?<time>.+) (?<stream>stdout|stderr)( (?<logtag>.))? (?<log>.*)$/
Here's the complete spec.
# Elasticsearch.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
name: es-cluster
namespace: logging
spec:
serviceName: logs-elasticsearch
replicas: 3
selector:
matchLabels:
app: elasticsearch
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: elasticsearch
spec:
containers:
- name: elasticsearch
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.5.0
resources:
limits:
cpu: 1000m
requests:
cpu: 500m
ports:
- containerPort: 9200
name: rest
protocol: TCP
- containerPort: 9300
name: inter-node
protocol: TCP
volumeMounts:
- name: data-logging
mountPath: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data
env:
- name: cluster.name
value: k8s-logs
- name: node.name
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.name
- name: discovery.seed_hosts
value: "es-cluster-0.logs-elasticsearch,es-cluster-1.logs-elasticsearch,es-cluster-2.logs-elasticsearch"
- name: cluster.initial_master_nodes
value: "es-cluster-0,es-cluster-1,es-cluster-2"
- name: ES_JAVA_OPTS
value: "-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
initContainers:
- name: fix-permissions
image: busybox
command: ["sh", "-c", "chown -R 1000:1000 /usr/share/elasticsearch/data"]
securityContext:
privileged: true
volumeMounts:
- name: data-logging
mountPath: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data
- name: increase-vm-max-map
image: busybox
command: ["sysctl", "-w", "vm.max_map_count=262144"]
securityContext:
privileged: true
- name: increase-fd-ulimit
image: busybox
command: ["sh", "-c", "ulimit -n 65536"]
securityContext:
privileged: true
volumeClaimTemplates:
- metadata:
name: data-logging
labels:
app: elasticsearch
spec:
accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
storageClassName: "managed-premium-retain-sc"
resources:
requests:
storage: 100Gi
---
kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: logs-elasticsearch
namespace: logging
labels:
app: elasticsearch
spec:
selector:
app: elasticsearch
clusterIP: None
ports:
- port: 9200
name: rest
- port: 9300
name: inter-node
########################
# Kibana yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: kibana
labels:
app: kibana
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: kibana
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: kibana
spec:
containers:
- name: kibana
image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.5.0
resources:
limits:
cpu: 1000m
requests:
cpu: 500m
env:
- name: ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS
value: http://logs-elasticsearch.logging.svc.cluster.local:9200
ports:
- containerPort: 5601
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: logs-kibana
spec:
selector:
app: kibana
type: ClusterIP
ports:
- port: 5601
targetPort: 5601
##################
# fluentd daemonset and rbac,sa,clusterrole specs
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: fluentd
labels:
app: fluentd
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
name: fluentd
labels:
app: fluentd
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ""
resources:
- pods
- namespaces
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
---
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: fluentd
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: fluentd
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: fluentd
namespace: default
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
name: fluentd
labels:
app: fluentd
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: fluentd
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: fluentd
spec:
serviceAccount: fluentd
serviceAccountName: fluentd
containers:
- name: fluentd
image: fluent/fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset:v1.4.2-debian-elasticsearch-1.1
env:
- name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_HOST
value: "logs-elasticsearch.logging.svc.cluster.local"
- name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_PORT
value: "9200"
- name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_SCHEME
value: "http"
- name: FLUENTD_SYSTEMD_CONF
value: disable
- name: FLUENT_UID
value: "0"
- name: FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_EXCLUDE_PATH
value: /var/log/containers/fluent*
- name: FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_PARSER_TYPE
value: /^(?<time>.+) (?<stream>stdout|stderr)( (?<logtag>.))? (?<log>.*)$/
resources:
limits:
memory: 512Mi
cpu: 500m
requests:
cpu: 100m
memory: 200Mi
volumeMounts:
- name: varlog
mountPath: /var/log/
# - name: varlibdockercontainers
# mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
- name: dockercontainerlogsdirectory
mountPath: /var/log/pods
readOnly: true
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
volumes:
- name: varlog
hostPath:
path: /var/log/
# - name: varlibdockercontainers
# hostPath:
# path: /var/lib/docker/containers
- name: dockercontainerlogsdirectory
hostPath:
path: /var/log/pods