Unless you are using a very old version of Elasticsearch you’re able to define pipelines within Elasticsearch itself and have those pipelines process your data in the same way you’d normally do it with something like Logstash. We decided to […]
Recipe: How to integrate rsyslog with Kafka and Logstash
This recipe is similar to the previous rsyslog + Redis + Logstash one, except that we’ll use Kafka as a central buffer and connecting point instead of Redis. You’ll have more of the same advantages: rsyslog is light and crazy-fast, […]
Handling Multiline Stack Traces with Logstash
Here at Sematext we use Java and rely on Logsene, our hosted ELK logging SaaS, a lot. We like them so much that we regularly share our logging experience with everyone and help others with logging, especially, ELK stack. Centralized […]
5 Logstash Alternatives
When it comes to centralizing logs to Elasticsearch, the first log shipper that comes to mind is Logstash. People hear about it even if it’s not clear what it does: – Bob: I’m looking to aggregate logs – Alice: you […]
Logstash Tutorial: A Quick Getting Started Guide
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.
Black Friday log management (with the Elastic Stack) checklist
For this Black Friday, Sematext wishes you: more products sold more traffic and exposure more logs 🙂 Now seriously, applications tend to generate a lot more logs on Black Friday, and they also tend to break down more – making […]
Elasticsearch Training, San Francisco & New York, October
If you are using Elasticsearch and are looking for Elasticsearch training to quickly improve your Elastic Stack skills, we’ve running several Elasticsearch classes this October in San Francisco and New York. All classes are also available virtually. This means you […]
Elastic Stack Import-Export with Logstash & Logsene
In earlier posts, we explained how one can reindex data from one Elasticsearch cluster to another, or within the same Elasticsearch cluster, via tools like Logstash and rsyslog. The same recipes apply to Logsene, as it exposes the Elasticsearch API. […]
Elasticsearch / Elastic Stack Training – NYC June 13-16
Next month, June 13-16, 2016, we will be running three Elastic Stack (aka ELK Stack) classes in New York City: June 13 & 14: Elasticsearch for Developers Training Workshop June 15: Elasticsearch Operations Training Workshop June 16: Elasticsearch for Logging Training Workshop All […]