Looking to learn about Logstash as quickly as possible? This article is for you: we’ll install Logstash and push some Apache logs to Elasticsearch in less than 5 minutes.
Monitoring Audit Logs with auditd and Auditbeat
The Linux Audit framework is a kernel feature (paired with userspace tools) that can log system calls. For example, opening a file, killing a process or creating a network connection. These audit logs can be used to monitor systems for […]
Garbage Collection Settings for Elasticsearch Master Nodes
Elasticsearch comes with good out-of-the-box Garbage Collection settings. So good in fact that the Definitive Guide recommends not changing them. While we agree that most use-cases wouldn’t benefit from GC tuning, especially when it turns out there simply isn’t enough […]
IoT: Air Pollution Tracking with Node.js, Elastic Stack, and MQTT
What can you do with a couple of IoT devices, Node.js, Elasticsearch, and MQTT? You can put together your own Internet of Things setup for measuring air pollution, like I have. In this blog post, I’ll share all the details […]
Elasticsearch online training classes in 2018
Since we’ve been working with Elasticsearch on a daily basis for over a decade now and know so much about it, we like helping others improve their knowledge of these technologies, not only by sharing our knowledge in meetups and […]
Logagent Meets Apache Kafka
This is a guest post from Filippo Balicchia. Filippo contributed Logagent plugins for Apache Kafka the details of which he is sharing in this post. Filippo is a software engineer and a passionate coder interested in distributed and cloud technologies, […]
Shipping data to AWS Elasticsearch with Logagent
Elasticsearch is already quite popular and its popularity just keeps growing. Looking at Google Trends chart for the last 5 years shows this nicely: There are a number of reasons why Elasticsearch is popular: it is very easy to get […]
Java 9 Elasticsearch Benchmark
TL;DR: The main question here is: How Does Java 9 Work with Elasticsearch 6? It works well, but don’t expect miracles. Unless you’re using G1, then there are some miracles. With Java 9 fresh out of the oven and Elasticsearch 6 […]
Top 15 Solr vs. Elasticsearch Differences
Last updated on Jan 11, 2018 Solr vs. Elasticsearch. Elasticsearch vs. Solr. Which one is better? How are they different? Which one should you use? Before we start, check out two useful Cheat Sheets to guide you through both Solr and […]