# Install logstash

Tool for managing events and logs. Version 9.4.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:logstash
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install logstash
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#logstash
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: logstash from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install logstash
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: logstash from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','librespeed-cli'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/logstash
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/logstash.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:logstash
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/logstash>
- **Version:** 9.4.2
- **Source summary:** Tool for managing events and logs
- **Homepage:** <https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/elastic/logstash>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/elastic/logstash/archive/refs/tags/v9.4.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28T16:04:49Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- logstash (cli)
- logstash-plugin (cli)
- logstash (alias)
- logstash-plugin (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk@21

## Build Dependencies

- gradle@8

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Service: declared
- Caveats: Configuration files are located in $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/logstash/
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 9.4.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-28
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/elastic/logstash
- Upstream latest detected: v9.4.2 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** logstash
- **Version Scheme:** 1
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - logstash: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: logstash from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Chocolatey - logstash: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: logstash from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','librespeed-cli'
- Scoop - extras/logstash: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/logstash.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph