Installing and Configuring ELK

– Part one(1) – Install OS (OEL 7.2), Tuning

– Part two(2) – Configure KVM, Tuning

– Part three(3) – install elasticsearch, configuration

– Part four(4) – Install logstash, configuration

– Part five(5) – Install Kibana, configuration

– Part six(6) – General platform tips & tricks

This is Part six(6) – General platform tips & tricks

Tips and Tricks

Installing over proxy

/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin -DproxyPort=8788 -DproxyHost=127.0.0.1 install shield

Elasticsearch Tips

Get config details

curl http://localhost:9200/_nodes/process?pretty

Get index list

curl 'elkms1.domain.com:9200/_cat/indices?v'

Delete index

curl -XDELETE 'http://elkdm1.domain.com:9200/logstash-2016.02.08/'

Shutdown cluster

curl -XPOST "http://elkms1:9200/_shutdown"

To get a list of all shards

curl -XGET http://elk2.domain.com:9200/_cat/shards

Tune disk throttling
Tune disk throttling
Helpful links
General elasticsearch help
General tune tips
9 tips for tuning