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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Introduction
- Overview of the Elastic Stack (ELK) for government environments
Elasticsearch
General Overview:
- Purpose and Operational Necessity
- Key Definitions: Documents, Indexes, Shards, Nodes, Clusters, and Scaling Strategies (Vertical/Horizontal)
Operations: Configuration and Deployment
- Configuring Elasticsearch
- Deploying Elasticsearch
- Practical Application Exercise
Node Management: Discovery, Categories, and Cluster State
- Distributed Architecture and Node Discovery
- Node Roles: Master, Data, Coordinating, and Ingest
- Master Election Process and Quorum Requirements
- Cluster State Management
- Shard Allocation Mechanisms
Data Protection: Snapshotting and Recovery
- Distinguishing High Availability from Backup Procedures
- Repository Setup, Snapshot Creation, and Restoration
- Underlying Technical Mechanics
Production Environment Monitoring
- Alerting Protocols and Best Practices
- Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Management
- Query Performance Optimization
- Thread Pool Monitoring
- Diagnostic Procedures for Troubleshooting
Production Operations: Best Practices
- Memory Allocation
- Network Configuration
- Storage and Disk Management
- Security Posture
- Cluster Maintenance: Rolling and Full Restarts
Logstash
- Core Functionality and Role in the Stack
- Configuration Parameters
- Components: Inputs, Filters, and Outputs
- Installation and Setup
- Backup and Restoration Procedures
- Cluster Integration and Availability Considerations
- Operational Best Practices
Kibana
- Interface Utility and Purpose
- Configuration Settings
- User Interface Controls: Time Selection, Search, and Filtering
- Navigation: Discover, Visualization, and Dashboard Interfaces
- Installation and Setup
- Backup and Restoration Procedures
- Cluster Integration and Availability Considerations
- Operational Best Practices
Filebeat
- Log Ingestion and Common Challenges
- Filebeat Architectural Design
- Installation and Setup
- Backup and Restoration Procedures
- Cluster Integration and Availability Considerations
- Operational Best Practices
Conclusion and Summary
Requirements
- Prior experience in system administration
- Proficiency with the Linux command line interface
- Existing expertise in Elasticsearch is not required
Target Audience
- System Administrators
Testimonials (2)
Informing about practical examples
Martin Gobschiba - A1 Telekom Austria AG
Course - ELK: Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana for Administrators
I enjoyed the exercices gives a good insight.