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- Open source14
- Can run locally4
- Good for startups with monetary limitations3
- External Network Goes Down You Aren't Without Logging1
- Easy to setup1
- Json log supprt0
- Live logging0
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- Free69
- Easy but powerful filtering18
- Scalable12
- Kibana provides machine learning based analytics to log2
- Great to meet GDPR goals1
- Well Documented1
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- Elastic Search is a resource hog5
- Logstash configuration is a pain3
- Bad for startups with personal limitations1
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- Memory-intensive4
- Documentation difficult to use1
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What is ELK?
It is the acronym for three open source projects: Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. Elasticsearch is a search and analytics engine. Logstash is a server‑side data processing pipeline that ingests data from multiple sources simultaneously, transforms it, and then sends it to a "stash" like Elasticsearch. Kibana lets users visualize data with charts and graphs in Elasticsearch.
What is Logstash?
Logstash is a tool for managing events and logs. You can use it to collect logs, parse them, and store them for later use (like, for searching). If you store them in Elasticsearch, you can view and analyze them with Kibana.
What is SLF4J?
It is a simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J) serves as a simple facade or abstraction for various logging frameworks allowing the end user to plug in the desired logging framework at deployment time.
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