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 ### LOGSTASH HOST 
 
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 1. Download the files from Elk-hole repo 
 2. From the downloaded files, copy ```20-dns-syslog.conf``` and the ```/patterns``` folder to your logstash system.  Place them both in ```/etc/logstash/conf.d/```.  
 
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 ```/etc/logstash/con.d/patterns/dns```
 
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-1. copy ```/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf``` to your logstash folder (usually ```/etc/logstash/```)
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 If you have other files in this folder make sure to properly edit the input/output/filter sections to avoid matching our filebeat dns logs in these files which may be processed earlier. For testing purposes you can name your conf files like so:
 
 ```
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 /conf.d/40-other2.conf
 ```
 
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 This makes sure that ```/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf``` is processed at the beginning.
 
 2. Using vim or nano, open/edit ```20-dns-syslog.conf```.  Scroll down to the Output section and change  ```ELASTICSEARCHHOST:PORT``` to match your environment.  If elasticsearch is running on the same system as logstash, then ```127.0.0.1:9200``` should work.  
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 22. Paste the content of: ```logstash-syslog-dns-index.template_ELK7.x.json``` into kibanas dev tools console
 23. Click the green triangle in the upper right of the pasted content (first line). Output should be:
 
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-This makes sure that ```/conf.d/20-dns-syslog.conf``` is beeing processed at the beginning.
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-2. customize ```ELASTICSEARCHHOST:PORT``` in the output section at the bottom of the file
-3. copy ```dns``` to:
-```/etc/logstash/patterns/``` create the folder if it does not exist
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-4. restart logstash
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-### PI-HOLE
-5. copy ```/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml``` to your filebeat installation at the pi-hole instance
-6. customize ```LOGSTASHHOST:5141``` to match your logstash hostname/ip
-7. restart filebeat
-8. copy ```99-pihole-log-facility.conf to /etc/dnsmasq.d/```
-9. this is very important: restart pi-hole and ensure filebeat is sending logs to logstash before proceeding
-10. You can verify this by:
-11. at your filebeat instance: 
-```filebeat test output```
-it should say ```ok``` on every step.
-12. again: the following steps will not work correctly if sending data to logstash here is not successfull!
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-### KIBANA HOST (CAN BE THE SAME AS LOGSTASH AND ELASTICSEARCH)
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-13. create the index pattern:
-```Management -> Index patterns -> Create index pattern```
-14. type ```logstash-syslog-dns*``` - it shound find one index
-15. click next step and select ```@timezone``` 
-16. Create index pattern
-17. Once the index is created, verify that 79 fields are listed
-18. click the curved arrows on the top right
-19. import suitable ```json/elk-hole *.json``` for your version into kibana: ```management - saved objects - import```
-20. optionally select the correct index pattern: ```logstash-syslog-dns*```
-21. delete any existing template matching our index name: 
-```DELETE /_template/logstash-syslog-dns*```
-22. import the template: paste the content of: ```logstash-syslog-dns-index.template_ELK7.x.json``` into kibanas dev tools console
-23. click the green triangle in the upper right of the pasted content (first line). Output should be:
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 ```
 {
   "acknowledged" : true 
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 systemctl restart logstash.service 
 systemctl restart elasticsearch.service
 systemctl restart kibana.service
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-24. as a precaution restart the whole elk stack
-```
-systemctl restart logstash 
-systemctl restart elasticsearch
-systemctl restart kibana
 ```
 
 You should then be able to see your new dashboard and visualizations.