Exploring the components of the Elastic Stack

The Elastic Stack components are shown in the following diagram. It is not necessary to include all of them in your solution. Some components are general-purpose and can be used outside the Elastic Stack without using any other components.

Let's look at the purpose of each component and how they fit into the stack:

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is at the heart of the Elastic Stack. It stores all your data and provides search and analytic capabilities in a scalable way. We have already looked at the strengths of Elasticsearch and why you would want to use it. Elasticsearch can be used without using any other components to power your application in terms of search and analytics...