Deploying Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK Stack) is relatively straightforward, but there are several considerations that need to be taken into account when installing these components. While this will not be an in-depth guide for an Elastic Stack, the main takeaways will be the implementation aspects, the decisions that are made through the process, and how you, as an architect, should think when making these decisions.
This chapter will help you, as an architect, define the aspects that are needed to deploy an ELK Stack, and what configurations to use when working with the components that make up the Elastic Stack.
In this chapter, we will go through the following topics:
- Installing and configuring Elasticsearch
- Installing and configuring Logstash and Kibana
- Installing and explaining Beats
- Configuring Kibana...