install logstash 1.4.2 ubuntu 14.04

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partial from http://blog.dimaj.net/content/howto-view-and-analyze-your-logs-web-page

cd ~ 
wget https://download.elasticsearch.org/logstash/logstash/logstash-1.4.2.tar.gz
tar xzvf logstash-1.4.2.tar.gz 
sudo mv logstash-1.4.2 /opt/logstash
sudo adduser --system --disabled-login --no-create-home --group logstash 
sudo usermod -a -G adm logstash

#auto start script for logstash
# download init script 
sudo wget -O /etc/init.d/logstash https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elasticsearch/logstash/master/pkg/logstash.sysv
# make it executable 
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/logstash 
# make it auto-startable 
sudo update-rc.d logstash defaults

# configure logstash folder

# create logstash config dir 
sudo mkdir -p /etc/logstash/conf.d 
# create logstash logs dir 
sudo mkdir /var/log/logstash 
sudo chown -R logstash: /var/log/logstash 
# make home folder 
sudo mkdir /var/lib/logstash 
sudo chown -R logstash: /var/lib/logstash

/opt/logstash/bin/logstash agent -e "input {stdin { } } output { stdout { codec => rubydebug } }"

put mylogstash.conf file in /etc/logstash/conf.d/ folder