Goofing around with a POC Go -> Logstash setup

logstash/agent/Makefile

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+LOGSTASH_VERSION ?= 1.1.13
+
+all: lib/logstash.jar
+
+
+lib/logstash.jar: lib/logstash-$(LOGSTASH_VERSION)-flatjar.jar
+	pushd lib && ln -sv $(notdir $^) $(notdir $@) ; popd
+
+
+lib/logstash-$(LOGSTASH_VERSION)-flatjar.jar: lib
+	pushd lib && \
+		curl -L -O http://logstash.objects.dreamhost.com/release/logstash-$(LOGSTASH_VERSION)-flatjar.jar ; \
+	popd
+
+lib:
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+run-agent: all
+	java -jar lib/logstash.jar agent -f conf/shipper.conf

logstash/agent/conf/shipper.conf

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+input {
+  tcp {
+    message_format => "json"
+	port => 55784
+	type => "fried"
+  }
+}
+
+output {
+  stdout {
+    debug => true
+    debug_format => "json"
+  }
+}