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Default file locations

Each installation flavor of Graylog will place the configuration files into a specific location on the local files system. The goal of this section is to provide a short overview about the most common and most important default file locations.

DEB package​

This paragraph covers Graylog installations on Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, and Debian derivates installed with the DEB package.

Graylog​

File system path
Configuration/etc/graylog/server/server.conf
Logging configuration/etc/graylog/server/log4j2.xml
Plugins/usr/share/graylog-server/plugin
Binaries/usr/share/graylog-server/bin
Scripts/usr/share/graylog-server/scripts
JVM settings/etc/default/graylog-server
Message journal files/var/lib/graylog-server/journal
Log Files/var/log/graylog-server/

Elasticsearch​

Note

These are only the most common file locations. Please refer to the Elasticsearch documentation for a comprehensive list of default file locations.

File system path
Configuration/etc/elasticsearch
JVM settings/etc/default/elasticsearch
Data files/var/lib/elasticsearch/data
Log files/var/log/elasticsearch/

MongoDB​

File system path
Configuration/etc/mongod.conf
Data files/var/lib/mongodb/
Log files/var/log/mongodb/

RPM package​

This paragraph covers Graylog installations on Fedora Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS Linux, and other Red Hat Linux derivates installed with the RPM package.

Graylog​

File system path
Configuration/etc/graylog/server/server.conf
Logging configuration/etc/graylog/server/log4j2.xml
Plugins/usr/share/graylog-server/plugin
Binaries/usr/share/graylog-server/bin
Scripts/usr/share/graylog-server/scripts
JVM settings/etc/sysconfig/graylog-server
Message journal files/var/lib/graylog-server/journal
Log Files/var/log/graylog-server/

Elasticsearch​

Note

These are only the most common file locations. Please refer to the Elasticsearch documentation for a comprehensive list of default file locations.

File system path
Configuration/etc/elasticsearch
JVM settings/etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch
Data files/var/lib/elasticsearch/
Log files/var/log/elasticsearch/

MongoDB​

File system path
Configuration/etc/mongod.conf
Data files/var/lib/mongodb/
Log files/var/log/mongodb/