Elastic Stack¶

Overview¶

The PLOSSYS 5 log and statistics messages are administrated and visualized by means of Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch and Kibana).

Elastic Stack consists of the following components:

Elasticsearch: Database in which the log messages are stored
Kibana: User interface for visualizing the log messages; a preconfigured dashboard is contained in the PLOSSYS 5 installation.
Filebeat: For reading the PLOSSYS 5 log files and sending them to Elasticsearch

Literature - Kibana

For more information about the configuration of Kibana, refer to the Kibana documentation.

Hint - ELK and Logstash

Before PLOSSYS 5.1.0, ELK with Logstash has been used. Now, ELK has been renamed to Elastic Stack and Logstash is no longer required.

Installation¶

Elastic Stack is available on the SEAL Systems delivery platform and consists of two parts:

The server part containing Elasticsearch and Kibana is installed on the management server, see Install the Management Server on Windows or Install the Management Server on Linux.
The client part containing Filebeat is installed on the PLOSSYS 5 server, see Install the PLOSSYS 5 Server on Windows or Install the Install the PLOSSYS 5 Server on Linux.

Secure Filebeat¶

For more information about how to secure Filebeat, refer to Secure Filebeat on Windows or Secure Filebeat on Linux.

Kibana User interface¶

For opening the Kibana user interface, specify the following URL in the Web browser:

http://<admin_server>:5601

Configure Elastic Stack¶

For more information about how to configure Elastic Stack, for example the housekeeping of the log and statistics messages, refer to Configure Elastic Stack.