Log aggregation using the ELK stack

As we have seen about the centralized logging approach for the distributed microservices based application. The components, such as Log streams, Log shippers, Log storage, and Log Dashboard, work together to provide a centralized logging solution for distributed applications, deployed either on the container-based environment or on virtual/physical machines.

Logstash is an open source tool for collecting, parsing, and storing logs for future use. Kibana is a web interface that can be used to search and view the logs that Logstash has indexed. Both of these tools are based on Elasticsearch, which is used for storing logs.

The Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana tools, collectively known as the ELK stack, ...

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