Elasticsearch 7 and Elastic Stack - In Depth and Hands On! - Uptime Monitoring with Heartbeat

The video tutorial covers the importance of monitoring service availability and response times using the heartbeat tool from the Elastic Beat family. It explains the different types of monitors—ICMP, TCP, and HTTP—and their roles in network monitoring. The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on installing and configuring heartbeat, creating TCP and HTTP monitors, and visualizing data using Kibana. It emphasizes the need for consistent monitoring to ensure service functionality and offers practical examples of setting up monitors and analyzing data.

What is the significance of the configuration file for Heartbeat?

What command can be used to check the status of the Heartbeat service?

How can you define a monitor in Heartbeat, and what parameters are essential?

Discuss how to visualize the collected data from Heartbeat.