Course description

In this hands-on project, you’ll deploy a full Elastic Stack to monitor Nginx webserver logs across distributed systems. You’ll start by installing and configuring Elasticsearch on an Ubuntu server, then set up Logstash with custom Grok patterns to parse Nginx access logs. You’ll integrate Kibana for visualization and deploy Filebeat on a remote Nginx server to ship logs securely to your Logstash instance.

Through step-by-step configuration, you’ll learn how to structure log pipelines, create index patterns, and build interactive dashboards in Kibana. By the end, you’ll have a production-ready log aggregation system that provides insights into web traffic, error rates, and user behavior.

This project is ideal for DevOps engineers, SREs, and cloud administrators responsible for observability and log management.

Additionally, all learners receive dedicated online support through our Slack workspace where you can ask questions, get troubleshooting help, and interact with our team throughout the entire project.

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What will i learn?

• Install and configure Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Filebeat on Ubuntu
• Parse Nginx access logs using custom Grok patterns in Logstash
• Ship logs from a remote server to Elasticsearch using Filebeat
• Create index patterns and visualize log data in Kibana dashboards
• Build a centralized logging pipeline for monitoring and troubleshooting web servers
• Manage Elastic Stack services using systemd and verify connectivity between components

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