| Service | Category | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Elasticsearch | NoSQL database | Used to store the unstructured data |
| Logstash | Log pipeline tool | Perform transformation on data |
| Kibana | Data visualization tool | Provides an interactive UI (User Interface) to the users for data visualization |
- ELK can be deployed using Amazon OpenSearch on AWS.
| Feature | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Logs Aggregation | ELK works best when logs from various Apps of an enterprise converge into a single ELK instance. - It provides amazing insights for this single instance and also eliminates the need to log into a hundred different log data sources. |
| Installation | Rapid on-premise installation |
| Scalability | Easy to deploy Scales vertically and horizontally |
| Supported Client Libraries | Elastic offers a host of language clients, which includes Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl, .NET, Java, and JavaScript, and more |