Elasticsearch 7 and Elastic Stack - In Depth and Hands On! - Installing Filebeat

The video tutorial guides viewers through installing and configuring Filebeat to work with Elasticsearch. It covers prerequisites, installation steps, and configuration for monitoring Apache logs. The tutorial also explains how to start the Filebeat service and verify its operation by checking indices in Elasticsearch.

What is assumed to be already configured before starting the Filebeat setup?

• The Elasticsearch repository

• The Logstash pipeline

• The Apache server

• The Kibana dashboard

Which command is used to install Filebeat on the system?

• sudo apt-get install filebeat

• sudo install filebeat

• sudo dnf install filebeat

• sudo yum install filebeat

What directory is created to store the sample access log?

• /usr/local/logs

• /home/student/logs

• /etc/filebeat/logs

• /var/logs

Which file needs to be edited to configure Filebeat for Apache logs?

• apache.yml

• filebeat.yml

• logstash.conf

• elasticsearch.yml

What is the purpose of removing the '.disabled' suffix from the configuration file?

• To rename the file

• To delete the file

• To back up the file

• To activate the configuration

How can you verify if Filebeat is correctly indexing logs in Elasticsearch?

• By checking the indices with a curl command

• By running a diagnostic tool

• By checking the system logs

• By restarting the Filebeat service

What should you do if the Filebeat index does not appear in Elasticsearch?

• Check the network connection

• Restart the server

• Reinstall Filebeat

• Wait longer for services to start