Elasticsearch in Action, Second Edition

1 Overview

This chapter covers

• Setting the scene for modern search engines
• Introducing Elasticsearch
• Understanding Elasticsearch’s core areas, use cases, and prominent features
• The Elastic Stack: Beats, Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana

The explosion of data in recent years has led to a new normal in terms of the standards expected of search and analytics functionality. As organizations amass data, the ability to find the “needle in the haystack” is a paramount necessity. In addition to search, being able to zoom out and aggregate data using analytical functionality has become a mandatory requirement for organizations. The last decade has seen exponential adoption of modern search and analytics engines. One such modern search engine is Elasticsearch. ...