Beginning Elastic Stack

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Vishal Sharma, Beginning Elastic Stack, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1694-1_10

10. Managing the ELK Stack with Puppet and Foreman

Vishal Sharma¹ 

(1)New Delhi, Delhi, India

At this point, you have learned about the ELK Stack in depth. Next let’s move on to how to use a configuration-management tool and how you can build the ELK Stack setup using the tool. The configuration-management tool is called Puppet, from Puppet Labs, and server administrators use it to automate, configure, and manage server infrastructure.

A well-executed plan using Puppet gives you a lot more time to work on other aspects of server infrastructure, such as hardening security or scaling the infrastructure, rather than spending time on configuration or updating the ...