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Understand the ELK framework

Understand the ELK framework

- [Instructor] Massive platforms, like Netflix or Spotify, monitors millions of the user activities, analyze the logs, and display real-time data without breaking the sweat, not only because of the Elasticsearch, but the magic behind this is the power of the ELK Stack. You can think of it as an ultimate data pipeline that helps you to ingest, process, store, and visualize the data seamlessly. Whether it is monitoring the server logs, tracking the user behavior, or analyzing system health, the ELK stack makes it all simple and powerful. So what exactly is this ELK? Let's dive in. The ELK stands for E, that is Elasticsearch. This is in heart of the stack, which is responsible for storing and searching the data. Logstash, it's the data ingestion tool that collects and process and forwards the data. And the Kibana is the visualization tool that lets you make sense of the data. Together, these tool create the real-time data pipeline that's used across the industry, from log analytics and…

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