Visualizing OpenStack logs

Once we have verified that our imported logs are successfully indexed, we can start browsing the Kibana interface to obtain interesting results and perform useful analytics for the running OpenStack services. Since we have already defined our FileBeat index, we can jump to the first 'Discover' tab in the upper left tool bar of the Kibana interface:

The following screenshot illustrates how nicely, lines for each log file are being indexed and parsed in different fields for a better visualization and user experience:

Additionally, it is possible to select fields from the upper left filebeat-* column for customization, ...

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