Features of Logstash
Among the various features of Logstash, we will have a look at the key features that differentiate Logstash other log management tools:
Open source: Logstash is completely free to use and is an open source tool whose source code is available freely on GitHub.
Seamless integration with Elasticsearch, Beats, and Kibana: This is a powerful data processing pipeline which is tightly coupled to fetch data from multiple systems using Beats, store the data for real-time search capabilities in Elasticsearch, and visualize the stored data using Kibana.
Extensibility: Logstash provides a variety of inputs, filters, and outputs to use for processing logs of different types. It provides flexibility to create and develop inputs, filters, or outputs for Logstash, which are easy to create and developer-friendly.
Interoperability: Logstash provides the interoperability to use it with various other components and tools. Logstash can fetch data from various different tools and output the...