The ELK Stack
Elasticsearch is an open-source, distributed search and analytics engine. It is designed to handle large volumes of structured and unstructured data, providing lightning-fast search and data exploration capabilities. Elasticsearch is built on Apache Lucene, a widely used library for search engine functionalities.
Key Features:
Scalability: Designed for distributed environments, ElasticSearch scales horizontally by adding more nodes to the cluster.
Full-Text Search: Provides advanced capabilities such as language analyzers, scoring, and relevance tuning.
Real-Time Analytics: Supports aggregations for data summarization, filtering, and analysis in near real time.
Integration: Works seamlessly with other tools like Logstash, Kibana, and Beats to form the ELK stack.
RESTful API: Simplifies integration with other systems using JSON over HTTP.
