Centralized logging

Since the olden days, mankind has strived to use its limited attention span only on what really matters in life, and without having to look for it too hard – if possible. So we started with copying log files around, evolution brought us centralized (r)syslog and today (we learn from our mistakes) we have Logstash and Elasticsearch.

Elasticsearch is a distributed, open source search and analytics engine, designed for horizontal scalability, reliability, and easy management. It combines the speed of search with the power of analytics via a sophisticated, developer-friendly query language covering structured, unstructured, and time-series data. Logstash is a flexible, open source data collection, enrichment, and transportation pipeline. With connectors to common infrastructure for easy integration, Logstash is designed to efficiently process a growing list of log, event, and unstructured data sources for distribution into a variety of outputs, including Elasticsearch...