Elasticsearch 7 and Elastic Stack - In Depth and Hands On! - Running Logstash

The video tutorial guides viewers through running Logstash on Ubuntu, configuring it to process Apache access logs, and sending the data to Elasticsearch. It covers executing Logstash, monitoring its output, troubleshooting errors, and reviewing the resulting Elasticsearch index. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of configuration files and provides step-by-step instructions for each process.

What is the first step to run Logstash on Ubuntu?

Explain the purpose of the configuration file in Logstash.

What command is used to start Logstash with a configuration file?

What should you do if you encounter error messages after running Logstash?

Describe the process of checking the indices in Elasticsearch after running Logstash.

What is the significance of the index created by Logstash in Elasticsearch?

How can you verify that Logstash has successfully processed the log data?