Course Outline
Introduction
- General overview of the Elastic Stack (ELK).
Module 1: ELK Stack Architecture and Review of Existing Environment
- Review of the current architecture of Altor CB.
- ELK architecture: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats.
- Differences between Ingest nodes and Logstash.
- Scalability and performance considerations for on-premise installations.
- Administration best practices.
Module 2: Beats – Distributed Monitoring (2 hours)
- Configuration and application of Filebeat, Auditbeat, Winlogbeat, and Packetbeat.
- Secure data shipping using SSL.
- Comparing preconfigured modules with custom inputs.
- Integration with Logstash and Ingest Pipelines.
Module 3: Parsing and Ingesting Logs from Applications and Databases (4 hours)
- Ingesting custom logs generated by applications.
- Utilizing Logstash for data parsing and transformation.
- Employing filters such as grok, dissect, kv, mutate, and date.
- Establishing database connections (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server) via the JDBC input plugin.
- Practical applications: handling error logs, audit trails, traces, and slow queries.
Module 4: Advanced Search and Regular Expressions (2 hours)
- Advanced search syntax within Kibana.
- Application of regular expressions (regex).
- Combining filters using OR/AND logic.
- Working with nested fields and arrays.
- Saving reusable queries and filters for future use.
Module 5: Custom Dashboards and Visualizations in Kibana (3 hours)
- Exploring visualization types: bar, line, maps, and tables.
- Understanding aggregations and metrics.
- Implementing dynamic filters, controls, and drill-down features.
- Best practices for dashboard sharing.
- Exercises: building dashboards from database and system logs.
Module 6: Alerts and Email Notifications (3 hours)
- Overview of Watcher and alternative solutions like ElastAlert and Kibana Alerts.
- Developing custom conditions and triggers.
- Configuring email output settings.
- Exercise: setting up alerts for critical events in Windows or database logs.
Module 7: User and Permission Management (2 hours)
- Introduction to X-Pack and available free options.
- Creating users and defining roles.
- Implementing access control based on index, dashboard, and query.
- Exercise: defining roles for audit and operational tasks.
Module 8: Elasticsearch REST API (3 hours)
- Fundamentals of the Elasticsearch RESTful API.
- Executing GET and POST queries.
- Manual and automated indexing processes.
- Utilizing tools like curl and Postman.
- Exercises: searching, inserting, deleting, and updating documents.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A foundational understanding of ELK Stack architecture and its core components.
- Practical experience in ingesting and visualizing logs using Kibana and Logstash.
- Proficiency with the Linux command line and basic scripting skills.
Audience
- System administrators.
- Infrastructure engineers.
- Technical teams aiming to establish advanced log centralization capabilities.
Testimonials (2)
The content is very helpful, and the trainer makes it more easier to understand
Ibrahim Al mayahi - Vastech SA
Course - Advanced Elasticsearch and Kibana Administration
the profesionalism of the trainer; the way he tried to respond to all the questions; the review questions we had to ask: engaging us in conversations
