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---
description: "Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Logparser"
menu:
telegraf_v1_ref:
parent: input_plugins_reference
name: Logparser
identifier: input-logparser
tags: [Logparser, "input-plugins", "configuration"]
related:
- /telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/
---
# Logparser Input Plugin
**Deprecated in Telegraf 1.15: Please use the [tail](/telegraf/v1/plugins/#input-tail) plugin along with the
[`grok` data format]()**
The `logparser` plugin streams and parses the given logfiles. Currently it
has the capability of parsing "grok" patterns from logfiles, which also supports
regex patterns.
The `tail` plugin now provides all the functionality of the `logparser` plugin.
Most options can be translated directly to the `tail` plugin:
- For options in the `[inputs.logparser.grok]` section, the equivalent option
will have add the `grok_` prefix when using them in the `tail` input.
- The grok `measurement` option can be replaced using the standard plugin
`name_override` option.
This plugin also supports metric filtering
and some additional common options.
## Example
Migration Example:
```diff
- [[inputs.logparser]]
- files = ["/var/log/apache/access.log"]
- from_beginning = false
- [inputs.logparser.grok]
- patterns = ["%{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT}"]
- measurement = "apache_access_log"
- custom_pattern_files = []
- custom_patterns = '''
- '''
- timezone = "Canada/Eastern"
+ [[inputs.tail]]
+ files = ["/var/log/apache/access.log"]
+ from_beginning = false
+ grok_patterns = ["%{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT}"]
+ name_override = "apache_access_log"
+ grok_custom_pattern_files = []
+ grok_custom_patterns = '''
+ '''
+ grok_timezone = "Canada/Eastern"
+ data_format = "grok"
```
## Service Input <!-- @/docs/includes/service_input.md -->
This plugin is a service input. Normal plugins gather metrics determined by the
interval setting. Service plugins start a service to listens and waits for
metrics or events to occur. Service plugins have two key differences from
normal plugins:
1. The global or plugin specific `interval` setting may not apply
2. The CLI options of `--test`, `--test-wait`, and `--once` may not produce
output for this plugin
## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
See the [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.
[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins
## Configuration
```toml @sample.conf
# Read metrics off Arista LANZ, via socket
[[inputs.logparser]]
## Log files to parse.
## These accept standard unix glob matching rules, but with the addition of
## ** as a "super asterisk". ie:
## /var/log/**.log -> recursively find all .log files in /var/log
## /var/log/*/*.log -> find all .log files with a parent dir in /var/log
## /var/log/apache.log -> only tail the apache log file
files = ["/var/log/apache/access.log"]
## Read files that currently exist from the beginning. Files that are created
## while telegraf is running (and that match the "files" globs) will always
## be read from the beginning.
from_beginning = false
## Method used to watch for file updates. Can be either "inotify" or "poll".
# watch_method = "inotify"
## Parse logstash-style "grok" patterns:
[inputs.logparser.grok]
## This is a list of patterns to check the given log file(s) for.
## Note that adding patterns here increases processing time. The most
## efficient configuration is to have one pattern per logparser.
## Other common built-in patterns are:
## %{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT} (plain apache & nginx access logs)
## %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} (access logs + referrer & agent)
patterns = ["%{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT}"]
## Name of the outputted measurement name.
measurement = "apache_access_log"
## Full path(s) to custom pattern files.
custom_pattern_files = []
## Custom patterns can also be defined here. Put one pattern per line.
custom_patterns = '''
'''
## Timezone allows you to provide an override for timestamps that
## don't already include an offset
## e.g. 04/06/2016 12:41:45 data one two 5.43µs
##
## Default: "" which renders UTC
## Options are as follows:
## 1. Local -- interpret based on machine localtime
## 2. "Canada/Eastern" -- Unix TZ values like those found in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
## 3. UTC -- or blank/unspecified, will return timestamp in UTC
# timezone = "Canada/Eastern"
## When set to "disable", timestamp will not incremented if there is a
## duplicate.
# unique_timestamp = "auto"
```
## Grok Parser
Reference the [grok parser](/telegraf/v1/plugins/#parser-grok) documentation to setup the grok section of the
configuration.
## Additional Resources
- <https://www.influxdata.com/telegraf-correlate-log-metrics-data-performance-bottlenecks/>
[tail]: /plugins/inputs/tail/README.md
[grok parser]: /plugins/parsers/grok/README.md
## Metrics
## Example Output