[Azure] azure-eventhub input fails to start on Windows due to "Error creating runner from config: Error creating input. No such input type exist: 'azure-eventhub'" error

[zmoog]

• Version: 8.15.0
• Operating System: Windows
• Discuss Forum URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/elasticsearch/comments/1ezts9b/comment/ljp8l8u/
• Steps to Reproduce:

- module: azure
  # All logs
  activitylogs:
    enabled: true
    var:
      # eventhub name containing the activity logs, overwrite he default value if the logs are exported in a different eventhub
      eventhub: "activitylogs"
      # consumer group name that has access to the event hub, we advise creating a dedicated consumer group for the azure module
      consumer_group: "$Default"
      # the connection string required to communicate with Event Hubs, steps to generate one here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-get-connection-string
      connection_string: "<redacted>"
      # the name of the storage account the state/offsets will be stored and updated
      storage_account: "mbrancageneral"
      # the name of the storage account container you would like to store the offset information in.
      storage_account_container: "<redacted>"
      # the storage account key, this key will be used to authorize access to data in your storage account
      storage_account_key: "<redacted>"

Filebeat 8.15.0 on Windows fails to run the azure-eventhub input with the following error:

{
  "log.level": "error",
  "@timestamp": "2024-08-24T13:16:00.930Z",
  "message": "Error creating runner from config: Error creating input. No such input type exist: 'azure-eventhub'",
  "component": {
    "binary": "filebeat",
    "dataset": "elastic_agent.filebeat",
    "id": "azure-eventhub-default",
    "type": "azure-eventhub"
  },
  "log": {
    "source": "azure-eventhub-default"
  },
  "log.origin": {
    "file.line": 139,
    "file.name": "cfgfile/list.go",
    "function": "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cfgfile.(*RunnerList).Reload"
  },
  "service.name": "filebeat",
  "ecs.version": "1.6.0",
  "log.logger": "centralmgmt"
}

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/obs-ds-hosted-services (Team:obs-ds-hosted-services)

[zmoog]

During the input upgrade from Filebeat input v1 to v2 #39511, I missed registering the plugin for the Windows platform.

This bug seems to affect v8.15.0 only on the Windows platform. Linux and macOS seem to work correctly. If you are on Windows, please stay on v8.14.3 until v8.15.1 is available.

[nicpenning]

@zmoog, by the way, this was reported many days before it was found on reddit in the official Elastic community.

Do you monitor that?

https://elasticstack.slack.com/archives/CNEDGGJQ3/p1723645981755829?thread_ts=1723645981.755829&cid=CNEDGGJQ3

[zmoog]

@zmoog, by the way, this was reported many days before it was found on reddit in the official Elastic community.

Do you monitor that?

https://elasticstack.slack.com/archives/CNEDGGJQ3/p1723645981755829?thread_ts=1723645981.755829&cid=CNEDGGJQ3

@nicpenning, thanks for sharing the link to the community Slack conversation! I personally discovered the issue when a developer shared the link to the Reddit conversation on Aug 24.

I'm sorry for not being able to answer earlier and address the problem more promptly! I'm checking with the team to see how we can work more effectively with the community.

In the meantime, you can mention me on GitHub for Azure-related topics, and I'll try to help you as much as possible.

[nicpenning]

Sounds great thank you!