Technical requirements
In this chapter, we will walk through the various aspects of monitoring and observing different parts of your technology stack and environment. The code for this chapter can be found in the GitHub repository for the book:
https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Getting-Started-with-Elastic-Stack-8.0/tree/main/Chapter11
The chapter builds on top of the Recipe Search Service example configured in Chapter 10, Building Search Experiences Using the Elastic Stack.
In Chapter 10, Building Search Experiences Using the Elastic Stack, the demo application communicated directly with Elasticsearch as a backend for search functionality. In this chapter, the demo application consists of a frontend web interface and a backend API server that interacts with Elasticsearch. The first half of the chapter uses this architecture to showcase observability functionality.
Consider the...