AWS ELK (Elastic Search Logstash Kibana)

ELK #

ELK is a log data analysis tool.

Elastic Search #

Stores data received via Logstash in a repository. It is a distributed search engine.

Logstash #

Selects logs to collect, indexes them, and sends them to a specified server.

kibana #

Visually explores and analyzes data in real-time.

ELK Stack #

The above ELK with Beats added.

Beats #

A data shipper installed as an agent to send various types of data to Elastic Search or Logstash.