What is Logstash?.
Logstash is an open source tool for collecting, parsing, and storing logs for future use. It comes with a wide range of plugins that makes it possible to easily configure it to collect, process and forward data in many different architectures.
Maintained by | License Type | Popular Examples | Support | Updates | Developer Skills |
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Elastic | Apache License 2.0 | – | elastic.co/support | – | – |
Often Compared to | Testing | Accessibility | Maintained by | Repository |
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fluentd, kafka | – | – | Elastic | – |
Pros:
- Open source and completely free to download and use.
- Actively developed. The latest update (version 6.2.3) was released on March 2018.
- Installation is just four simple steps and a command line.
Cons:
- Memory Consumption is high.
- Dependent on Java, which has its own problems with security vulnerabilities.