In the previous chapter, we covered how to effectively run the Elastic Stack in a production environment, and the best practices to follow when running the Elastic Stack in production.
In this chapter, we will be covering how to use the Beats platform to monitor server infrastructure. We will learn about Metricbeat in detail, a Beat that helps IT administrators and application support teams monitor their applications and server infrastructure and respond to infrastructure outages in a timely manner.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Metricbeat
- Configuring Metricbeat
- Capturing system metrics
- Deployment architecture
