How to install Graylog on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Graylog is a powerful open-source log management platform that allows you to collect, index, and analyze log data from various sources in real-time. It offers robust features for centralized log management, making it an invaluable tool for monitoring and troubleshooting systems. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the step-by-step process of installing Graylog on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Prerequisites: Before starting the installation process, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

1. A server running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with root or sudo privileges.
2. Sufficient memory and disk space for running Graylog.

Commands

1. sudo apt update
2. sudo apt install apt-transport-https wget curl uuid-runtime ca-certificates gnupg2
3. curl -sSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc -o mongoserver.asc
4. gpg –no-default-keyring –keyring ./mongo_key_temp.gpg –import ./mongoserver.asc
5. gpg –no-default-keyring –keyring ./mongo_key_temp.gpg –export > ./mongoserver_key.gpg
6. sudo mv mongoserver_key.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
7. echo “deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)/mongodb-org/6.0 multiverse” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-6.0.list
8. sudo apt install mongodb-org
9. sudo systemctl enable –now mongod
10. sudo systemctl restart mongod.service
11. sudo systemctl status mongod
12. wget -qO – https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo gpg –dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg
13. echo “deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-7.x.list
14. sudo apt install elasticsearch
15. sudo tee -a /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > /dev/null <<EOT cluster.name: graylog action.auto_create_index: false EOT
16. sudo systemctl daemon-reload
17. sudo systemctl enable –now elasticsearch
18. sudo systemctl start elasticsearch
19. sudo systemctl status elasticsearch
20. wget https://packages.graylog2.org/repo/packages/graylog-5.0-repository_latest.deb
21. sudo dpkg -i graylog-5.0-repository_latest.deb
22. sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install graylog-server
23. < /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Z-a-z-0-9 | head -c${1:-96};echo;
24. sudo nano /etc/graylog/server/server.conf
25. echo -n “Enter Password: ” && head -1 </dev/stdin | tr -d ‘\n’ | sha256sum | cut -d” ” -f1
26. sudo systemctl daemon-reload
27. sudo systemctl enable –now graylog-server
28. sudo systemctl restart graylog-server
29. sudo systemctl status graylog-server

 

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