[graylog2] Re: More Graylog/Elastic questions from the cheap seats

2015-03-30 Thread Jochen Schalanda
Hi Mark, the Elasticsearch node used internally by Graylog is just a client node by default, which means that it doesn't store any data at all. The message regarding -XX:PermSize and -XX:MaxPermSize=256m is probably caused by the switch from Java 7 to Java 8. With Java 8 the JVM doesn't have

[graylog2] Re: More Graylog/Elastic questions from the cheap seats

2015-03-26 Thread Mark Moorcroft
Next question... Why do all of the elastic stored records appear to reside in the default dynamic named node, but the apparently empty graylog2-server elastic node is the one gobbling up heap memory? According to my elastic node diags the empty graylog2-server node, that according to the grayl

[graylog2] Re: More Graylog/Elastic questions from the cheap seats

2015-03-26 Thread Mark Moorcroft
Still flailing without guidance I have some more questions. I changed elasticsearch_discovery_zen_ping_unicast_hosts = 127.0.0.1:9300, and with 9300 it appears that the default index (node) is being filled. Graylog creates a second node that I don't believe I need (port 9350 which I didn't set

[graylog2] Re: More Graylog/Elastic questions from the cheap seats

2015-03-25 Thread Mark Moorcroft
I'm not sure if it's considered a best practice to tweak the default /etc/sysconfig/graylog-server? GRAYLOG_SERVER_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms2g -Xmx2g -XX:NewRatio=1 -XX:PermSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -server -XX:+ResizeTLAB -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSConcurrentMTEnabled -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEn