ELK Stack Pt. 2: Collecting logs from remote servers via Beats

In one of my recent posts, Installing Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK) on Windows Server 2012 R2, I explained how to setup and install an ELK server but it was only collecting logs from itself. That in itself isn’t very Continue reading

ELK Stack Pt. 1: Installing Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK) on Windows Server 2012 R2

An updated version of this post can be found here: Installing ELK 7 (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana) – Windows Server 2016 What is an ELK stack and why would you want one in your environment? Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK) Continue reading