Logstash

Elastic’s data collection and transformation engine. Designed for complex ETL (extract, transform, load) pipelines where data needs significant processing before being stored in elasticsearch.

Key Facts

• Real-time pipelining — unifies data from disparate sources
• Broad array of input, filter, and output plugins
• Best for complex transformations; for simpler collection use elastic-agent

See Also

• elastic-stack — the broader platform
• elastic-agent — simpler alternative for straightforward collection
• elasticsearch — typical output destination