The Logstash Book

The Logstash Book

Updated for Logstash and ELK v5.0.0.<br /><br />A book designed for SysAdmins, Operations staff, Developers and DevOps who are interested in deploying a log management solution using the open source Elasticsearch Logstash & Kibana or ELK stack.<br /><br />In this book we will walk you through installing, deploying, managing and extending Logstash. We're going to do that by introducing you to Example.com, where you're going to start a new job as one of its SysAdmins. The first project you'll be in charge of is developing its new log management solution. <br /><br />We'll teach you how to:<br /><br />* Install and deploy Logstash.<br />* Ship events from a Logstash Shipper to a central Logstash server.<br />* Filter incoming events using a variety of techniques.<br />* Add structured logging to your applications and parse your application logs.<br />* Output those events to a selection of useful destinations.<br />* Use Logstash's awesome web interface Kibana.<br />* Scale out your Logstash implementation as your environment grows.<br />* Quickly and easily extend Logstash to deliver additional functionality you might need.<br /><br />By the end of the book you should have a functional and effective log management solution that you can deploy into your own environment.<br /><br />Updated for Logstash and ELK 5.0.0!