multiple inputs on logstash jdbc

Question

I am using logstash jdbc to keep the things syncd between mysql and elasticsearch. Its working fine for one table. But now I want to do it for multiple tables. Do I need to open multiple in terminal

logstash  agent -f /Users/logstash/logstash-jdbc.conf 

each with a select query or do we have a better way of doing it so we can have multiple tables being updated.

my config file

input {
  jdbc {
    jdbc_driver_library => "/Users/logstash/mysql-connector-java-5.1.39-bin.jar"
    jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/database_name"
    jdbc_user => "root"
    jdbc_password => "password"
    schedule => "* * * * *"
    statement => "select * from table1"
  }
}
output {
    elasticsearch {
        index => "testdb"
        document_type => "table1"
        document_id => "%{table_id}"
        hosts => "localhost:9200"
    }
}

Answer 1

You can definitely have a single config with multiple jdbc input and then parametrize the index and document_type in your elasticsearch output depending on which table the event is coming from.

input {
  jdbc {
    jdbc_driver_library => "/Users/logstash/mysql-connector-java-5.1.39-bin.jar"
    jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/database_name"
    jdbc_user => "root"
    jdbc_password => "password"
    schedule => "* * * * *"
    statement => "select * from table1"
    type => "table1"
  }
  jdbc {
    jdbc_driver_library => "/Users/logstash/mysql-connector-java-5.1.39-bin.jar"
    jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/database_name"
    jdbc_user => "root"
    jdbc_password => "password"
    schedule => "* * * * *"
    statement => "select * from table2"
    type => "table2"
  }
  # add more jdbc inputs to suit your needs 
}
output {
    elasticsearch {
        index => "testdb"
        document_type => "%{type}"   # <- use the type from each input
        hosts => "localhost:9200"
    }
}