Elasticsearch 7 and Elastic Stack - In Depth and Hands On! - Logstash and MySQL - Part 1

This tutorial demonstrates how to use Logstash with MySQL to extract data and create an Elasticsearch index. It covers installing MySQL on Ubuntu, downloading the MovieLens dataset, and creating a MySQL table to load data. The video also explains configuring Logstash with JDBC to connect to MySQL and extract data using SQL queries.

What is the significance of the JDBC driver in this process?

What command is used to load data into the MySQL table from a local file?

Explain how to verify that the data has been successfully imported into MySQL.