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[DOC] Add firewall as possible troubleshooting issue #21743

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[DOC] Add firewall as possible troubleshooting issue
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Expand Up @@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ connect to the Lumberjack input plugin. To learn how to install and update
plugins, see {logstash-ref}/working-with-plugins.html[Working with plugins].
endif::[]

ifndef::no-output-logstash[]
[[disconnections-problem]]
=== {beatname_uc} reports connections being reset by {ls}
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If you see errors such as:
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[source,shell]
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Failed to publish events caused by: write tcp ... write: connection reset by peer
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It is possible a firewall might be interfering with the connection between {beatname_uc} and {ls} (it is a persistent TCP connection).
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You can solve the problem making sure the firewall is not closing connections between {beatname_uc} and {ls} or configuring the {ls}
output adding a `ttl` value lower than the maximum allowed time by the firewall and `pipelining` set to 0 (as pipelining cannot be enabled
when `ttl` is used).
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endif::[]

ifndef::no-output-logstash[]
[[metadata-missing]]
=== @metadata is missing in {ls}
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