Logging with Elastic search
Demo on using ELK stack for logging and analysis. Included Vagrant box and install scripts for elasticsearch, logstash, kibana on ubuntu vm.
ELK stack
ELK stack provides a complete solution for log collection and analysis.
- Elasticsearch - the search engine
- Logstash - the log collector
- Kibana - the visualization tool
The box
I’ve set up a vagrant box with ELK stack on it for a demo. Follow the links at the end of the article. What is included:
- Vagrant file to set up an ubuntu 14.04 VM and install ELK components
- Bash scripts to install java 8, logstash 2.1, kibana 4.4, elasticsearch 2.3
- A logstash configuration, kibana dashboards, elastic template
- Some sample logs
Happy logging …