Lab 1 - Setting up Elastic in AWS
Base Setup:
Setup Instance:
Update Security Group
Port 5601: Kibana
Port 9200: Elasticsearch
Building ELK:
Install Elasticsearch:
SSH into Instance:
Commands to install Elastic Search
Now that we have installed Elasticsearch we must change some configs
It is a good best practice to bind Elasticsearch to the private IP (like 172.31.something):
Now to start Elasticsearch
Test Elasticsearch
Install Logstash:
Verify the java version with the command below
Now install logstash
Create data pipeline:
Create Logstash Configuration File:
To test config
It can take a minute or so to run - but should get a configuration OK message
Start Logstash
Test if it's working
Install Kibana:
Edit config
Change the lines below
Start Kibana
Test Kibana
Add an Index Pattern to display to Logstash Index
Go to Stack Management → Kibana -> Index Patterns - select “Create Index Pattern”
Use Kibana to query data
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