Build the logstash-forwarder via Docker Further information is available here: https://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder

logstash_forwarder_build

FROM            ubuntu:precise
MAINTAINER      Christoph Hartmann "chris@lollyrock.com"

RUN echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe" > /etc/apt/sources.list
RUN apt-get update

# compile logstash forwarder
RUN apt-get install -y wget git
RUN wget --no-check-certificate https://go.googlecode.com/files/go1.1.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
RUN tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.1.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

RUN git clone git://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder.git /logstash-forwarder
RUN cd /logstash-forwarder && go build

# Install ruby and build deb
RUN apt-get install -y ruby1.9.1 ruby1.9.1-dev rubygems1.9.1 irb1.9.1 ri1.9.1 rdoc1.9.1 build-essential libopenssl-ruby1.9.1 libssl-dev zlib1g-dev
RUN gem install fpm

RUN cd /logstash-forwarder && make deb