Learning the Elastic Stack (2020)

Course details

The Elastic Stack (formerly known as the ELK Stack) is a powerful set of open-source tools for managing and making sense of complex data. Using the Elastic stack, you more easily search, visualize, and process data, as well as centralize logging data to quickly root out issues. In this course, DevOps engineer Josh Samuelson helps you get up and running with the Elastic Stack so you can start benefiting from these tools. Instead of covering every feature, Josh focuses on what you need to know to get started, so that you can feel confident exploring the tools on your own. Discover why the Elastic Stack might be a smart addition to your environment, as well as how to approach a typical installation. Plus, learn about different elements of the stack, including Logstash, Beats, and Kibana.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Start listening to your infrastructure
02 - What you should know

1. The Elastic Stack

03 - What the stack can do
04 - Overview of the Elastic Stack components
05 - Set up your learning sandbox
06 - Deploying Kibana
07 - Configuring Logstash
08 - View data in Kibana

2. Working with Logstash

09 - Working with Logstash
10 - Logstash plugins
11 - Parsing with Logstash filters
12 - Explore GrokConstructor
13 - Building Grok filters
14 - Challenge - Interactive Logstash
15 - Solution - Interactive Logstash

3. Using Beats

16 - Lighter log ingestions with Beats
17 - Spin up a noisy web server
18 - Set up Filebeat
19 - Get logs into Elasticsearch
20 - Challenge - Install Metricbeat
21 - Solution - Install Metricbeat

4. Working with Kibana

22 - Get started with the Kibana search UI
23 - Kibana Query Language basics
24 - Visualizations
25 - Dashboards
26 - Challenge - Expand the dashboard
27 - Solution - Expand the dashboard

Conclusion

28 - Next steps