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4. Working with Remote Servers

Vishal Sharma

(1)New Delhi, Delhi, India

Setting Up Logstash on a Remote Server

In previous chapters, we installed Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana. We configured an ELK Stack on a single server and also tested it. Running an ELK Stack on a single server, however, is not very useful. Our goal is to set up a centralized logging system for all of our servers, running at different locations and hosting web sites, web applications, ERP, and CRM systems. By setting up a centralized logging system, we can monitor the performance of our servers and analyze the logs for any issue that arises. Thus, in this chapter, you will see how we ...

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