In the chapter, we learned about Beats which is the newest addition to the Elastic Stack. We covered the basic premises for why Beats was developed or came into existence along with differentiating Beats with Logstash. We explored the role of Beats in Elastic Stack and the importance of Beats for extending former ELK Stack. Later, we explored the different kind of Beats available with an explanation of the Beats, their functionalities, roles, and the configuration options provided. Also how to install and configure the Beats were detailed in this chapter. At the end of the chapter, we covered the example of how Beats can be used in Elastic Stack.
In the next chapter, we will cover a real-time production-like environment wherein we will be solving a particular problem statement. We will explore how Elastic Stack comes to the rescue of the problem statement and will showcase the powerful capabilities of Elastic Stack.