Installing ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) on Ubuntu 18.04

The ELK Stack, consisting of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, is a powerful open-source log management and analytics platform. It allows you to collect, store, index, search, and visualize data from various sources in real-time.

Here are the steps to install the ELK Stack on Ubuntu 18.04:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install default-jre

wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-7.x.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install elasticsearch

Enable and start Elasticsearch:

sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch
sudo systemctl start elasticsearch

wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-7.x.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install logstash

sudo apt install kibana

Enable and start Kibana:

sudo systemctl enable kibana
sudo systemctl start kibana

1. Update the system:
2. Install Java:
3. Install Elasticsearch:
4. Install Logstash:
5. Install Kibana:

Once the installation is complete, you can access Kibana by opening a web browser and navigating to http://your_server_ip:5601. From there, you can configure Logstash to collect and process your logs, and use Kibana to create visualizations and dashboards to analyze your data.

ELK Stack is widely used for various purposes such as log analysis, monitoring, security analytics, and more. It can handle large amounts of data and provides powerful search and analytics capabilities. With its real-time processing and visualization features, it helps organizations gain valuable insights from their data, identify issues, and make data-driven decisions.