Overview of Elasticsearch and the ELK Stack
Elasticsearch is an open-source distributed search engine designed for document storage (such as product data or order messages), where data is serialized into JSON format. It is commonly used for search functionality, log statistics, analysis, and system monitoring.
Elasticsearch is part of the Elastic Stack (ELK), which consists of:
- Elasticsearch: The core engine used to search and store data.
- Beats: Used for data collection.
- Logstash: Used for data collection and processing.
- Kibana: Used for data visualization.