Analyse log using plug and play FileBeat
ELK-B stack is one of the powerful frameworks for log analysis which helps to draw important business decisions and helps evolve ALM. There are few ways to inject data in Elasticsearch for analysis Writing data using REST API Using available frameworks(Serilog, NLog, etc) that have an abstraction layer and does all the REST calls behind the scene for you. While changing code is the most popular method but it may not be always possible/viable, also sometimes you do not have access to the environment and all you have is the log files in one format or another. Filebeat is another powerful plugin in the ELK-B stack that can help you analyze logs without changing code, all you need to do is download FileBeat and unzip the file. Once you have extracted the content open filebeat.yml and under filebeat.inputs: of filebeat.yml locate paths: paths maintains list of folders or docker path that will contain logs:- paths: - C:\ProductService\logs\*