Debian 13 trixie

Elastic Stack : Install Packetbeat2025/10/16

 

Install Packetbeat that collects and analyze Network packets.

[1] Install Packetbeat. Configure Elasticsearch repository before it.
root@dlp:~#
apt -y install packetbeat
[2] Configure basic settings and start Packetbeat.
root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/packetbeat/packetbeat.yml
# line 58 : set items to collect data
# if disable ICMPv4/ICMPv6, turn to false
# line 68 and later : many items are targeted as monitoring by default,
# but if not need, comment out the line [ports: ***]

packetbeat.protocols:
- type: icmp
  # Enable ICMPv4 and ICMPv6 monitoring. Default: false
  enabled: true

- type: amqp
  # Configure the ports where to listen for AMQP traffic. You can disable
  # the AMQP protocol by commenting out the list of ports.
  ports: [5672]

.....
.....

# line 181 : if use Kibana, uncomment and specify output host
# if SSL is enabled on Kibana, hostname should be the same with the hostname in certs
# [username] and [password] is the admin user's one
# if using self-signed certificate, specify [ssl.verification_mode: none]

setup.kibana:
.....
  host: "https://dlp.srv.world:5601"
  protocol: "https"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "password"
  ssl.enabled: true
  ssl.verification_mode: none

# line 217 : specify output of Elasticsearch
# [username] and [password] is the admin user's one
# [ssl.certificate_authorities] is the cacert generated by Elasticsearch installation

output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["https://dlp.srv.world:9200"]

  protocol: "https"
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "password"
  ssl.certificate_authorities: "/etc/elasticsearch/certs/http_ca.crt"

.....
.....

root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/packetbeat/packetbeat.reference.yml
# line 1864 : if use Kibana, uncomment and specify output host
# if SSL is enabled on Kibana, uncomment ssl related lines
# [username] and [password] is the admin user's one
# if using self-signed certificate, specify [ssl.verification_mode: none]

setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "https://dlp.srv.world:5601"

  # Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
  protocol: "https"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "password"

  # Optional HTTP Path
  #path: ""

  # Use SSL settings for HTTPS. Default is true.
  ssl.enabled: true

.....
.....

  # after very careful consideration. It is primarily intended as a temporary
  # diagnostic mechanism when attempting to resolve TLS errors; its use in
  # production environments is strongly discouraged.
  # The default value is full.
  ssl.verification_mode: none

root@dlp:~#
systemctl enable --now packetbeat
[3] Verify status the data has been collected normally.
# index list

root@dlp:~#
curl -u elastic --cacert /etc/elasticsearch/certs/http_ca.crt https://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/indices?v

Enter host password for user 'elastic'
health status index                                                              uuid                   pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size dataset.size
green  open   .internal.alerts-transform.health.alerts-default-000001            WYIrcziPSB61k_EjlRvNWA   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
yellow open   .ds-metricbeat-9.1.5-2025.10.16-000001                             iFHmlkWqQYuxJeK9LM5nNA   1   1       1798            0      2.3mb          2.3mb        2.3mb
green  open   .internal.alerts-observability.logs.alerts-default-000001          AWecw7NwQuGi6NSUH8d5hA   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-observability.uptime.alerts-default-000001        B69GpuDOTteviBM8maoY9w   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-ml.anomaly-detection.alerts-default-000001        kB22vDWkRsiGMn2uwjz7pQ   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-observability.slo.alerts-default-000001           RdloOOlgTq-xz9iaWKTYXw   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-default.alerts-default-000001                     O3rAr2zSQR-cwJcyFUTRBw   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-streams.alerts-default-000001                     TmcpmlgvTACt9RLIO3ewjA   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-observability.apm.alerts-default-000001           Bb2-R3ctRw-DR0UX3ohWgw   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-security.attack.discovery.alerts-default-000001   Zr0KNzeVRLyRyhu4FIsmfg   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
yellow open   .ds-packetbeat-9.1.5-2025.10.16-000001                             JG5URGXZSz65riuKhGU02A   1   1        136            0    227.9kb        227.9kb      227.9kb
green  open   .internal.alerts-observability.metrics.alerts-default-000001       s9kwcco-SKKkQUElzx0sDw   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-ml.anomaly-detection-health.alerts-default-000001 EtkLfH1fTP2AdYngE3dH8Q   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-observability.threshold.alerts-default-000001     I576fuZFQ-We6AT7DOjrIQ   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-security.alerts-default-000001                    HfszRaZ5TtafW3W9kDH5Ow   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
green  open   .internal.alerts-dataset.quality.alerts-default-000001             9SiuGdcAQnCl6DI-HRLowg   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b
yellow open   test_index                                                         9JxiZ5C7QXq2fC1UliIOCA   1   1          1            0      6.7kb          6.7kb        6.7kb
green  open   .internal.alerts-stack.alerts-default-000001                       x0vSiLWjSPSdiKgDj1WEBA   1   0          0            0       249b           249b         249b

# document list on the index

root@dlp:~#
curl -u elastic --cacert /etc/elasticsearch/certs/http_ca.crt https://127.0.0.1:9200/.ds-packetbeat-9.1.5-2025.10.16-000001/_search?pretty

Enter host password for user 'elastic':
{
  "took" : 1,
  "timed_out" : false,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "successful" : 1,
    "skipped" : 0,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "hits" : {
    "total" : {
      "value" : 490,
      "relation" : "eq"
    },
    "max_score" : 1.0,
    "hits" : [
      {
        "_index" : ".ds-packetbeat-9.1.5-2025.10.16-000001",
        "_id" : "FDNw6pkBV9tUpIIApEHB",
        "_score" : 1.0,
        "_source" : {
          "server" : {
            "port" : 53,
            "bytes" : 87,
            "ip" : "10.0.0.10"
          },
          "agent" : {
            "name" : "dlp.srv.world",
            "id" : "77ee35a0-fa34-4c00-a93c-b1b87be53201",
            "ephemeral_id" : "8161020a-790e-437b-aa90-957472c97e14",
.....
.....
[4] If Kibana is running, it's possible to import data to sample Dashboards.
root@dlp:~#
packetbeat setup --dashboards

Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)
Loaded dashboards

Matched Content