Reading a log file from given path using logstash - logstash

Question

input
{
file
{
path => ["D:/logstash-2.3.4/temp/logs/localhost_access_log.2016-08-24.log"]
start_position => "beginning"
}
}
filter
{
date
{
match => [ "timestamp" , "dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss Z" ]
}
}
output
{
stdout { codec => rubydebug }
}
Now after running logstash i am unable to see any output on logstash command window. That is the logs inside a give file are not fetching.
some of the sample logs in my localhost_access_log.2016-08-24 log file are below:
127.0.0.1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:07:54 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 11452
0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:08:09 +0530] "GET /Migration/firstpage.jsp HTTP/1.1" 404 1040
127.0.0.1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:08:39 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 11452
0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:08:41 +0530] "GET /Migration/firstpage.jsp HTTP/1.1" 500 3750
0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:09:38 +0530] "GET /Mortgage/faces/NewFile.jsp HTTP/1.1" 404 1046
Is there any problem with the input code or date filter code?
Can anyone help me where i am committing mistake?

Answer 1

Did you try keeping the stdout {} empty as this within your output section of your conf file in order to check the output from your logstash console?
As #baudsp mentioned, it's better to use grok filter when you're dealing with log files. Something like this:
filter {
grok {
match => { "message" => "%{COMBINEDAPACHELOG}"}
}
}
Source: Parsing Logs with Logstash