Summary

In this chapter, we saw how to create a custom Logstash plugin for requirements that were not fulfilled through the available plugins. By now, we've seen all the different types of features and plugins supported by Logstash and how we can extend Logstash for varying needs of input and output sources.

Next, we will take a detailed look at the features of the other two components of ELK stack—Elasticsearch, and Kibana.

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