In this chapter, we have covered in detail another Beat library called Metricbeat. We covered how to install and configure Metricbeat so that it can send operational metrics to Elasticsearch. We also covered the various deployment architectures for building real-time monitoring solutions using Elastic Stack, in order to monitor servers and applications. This helps IT administrators and application support folks gain insight into the behavior of the applications and servers and allows them to respond in a timely manner in case of infrastructure outage.
Learning Elastic Stack 6.0
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Learning Elastic Stack 6.0
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Overview of this book
The Elastic Stack is a powerful combination of tools for distributed search, analytics, logging, and visualization of data from medium to massive data sets. The newly released Elastic Stack 6.0 brings new features and capabilities that empower users to find unique, actionable insights through these techniques. This book will give you a fundamental understanding of what the stack is all about, and how to use it efficiently to build powerful real-time data processing applications.
After a quick overview of the newly introduced features in Elastic Stack 6.0, you’ll learn how to set up the stack by installing the tools, and see their basic configurations. Then it shows you how to use Elasticsearch for distributed searching and analytics, along with Logstash for logging, and Kibana for data visualization. It also demonstrates the creation of custom plugins using Kibana and Beats. You’ll find out about Elastic X-Pack, a useful extension for effective security and monitoring. We also provide useful tips on how to use the Elastic Cloud and deploy the Elastic Stack in production environments.
On completing this book, you’ll have a solid foundational knowledge of the basic Elastic Stack functionalities. You’ll also have a good understanding of the role of each component in the stack to solve different data processing problems.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
Disclaimer
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Free Chapter
Introducing Elastic Stack
Getting Started with Elasticsearch
Searching-What is Relevant
Analytics with Elasticsearch
Analyzing Log Data
Building Data Pipelines with Logstash
Visualizing data with Kibana
Elastic X-Pack
Running Elastic Stack in Production
Building a Sensor Data Analytics Application
Monitoring Server Infrastructure
Customer Reviews