- Packetbeat Reference: other versions:
- Overview
- Contributing to Beats
- Getting started with Packetbeat
- Setting up and running Packetbeat
- Upgrading Packetbeat
- Configuring Packetbeat
- Set traffic capturing options
- Set up flows to monitor network traffic
- Specify which transaction protocols to monitor
- Specify which processes to monitor
- Specify general settings
- Configure the internal queue
- Configure the output
- Specify SSL settings
- Filter and enhance the exported data
- Parse logs by using ingest node
- Export GeoIP Information
- Set up project paths
- Set up the Kibana endpoint
- Load the Kibana dashboards
- Load the Elasticsearch index template
- Set up logging
- Use environment variables in the configuration
- YAML tips and gotchas
- packetbeat.reference.yml
- Exported Fields
- AMQP Fields
- Beat Fields
- Cassandra Fields
- Cloud Provider Metadata Fields
- Common Fields
- DNS Fields
- docker Fields
- Flow Event Fields
- HTTP Fields
- ICMP Fields
- kubernetes Fields
- Memcache Fields
- MongoDb Fields
- MySQL Fields
- NFS Fields
- PostgreSQL Fields
- Raw Fields
- Redis Fields
- Thrift-RPC Fields
- Transaction Event Fields
- Measurements (Transactions) Fields
- Securing Packetbeat
- Visualizing Packetbeat data in Kibana
- Troubleshooting
WARNING: Version 6.0 of Packetbeat has passed its EOL date.
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be removed. If you are running this version, we strongly advise you to upgrade. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.
Getting started with Packetbeat
editGetting started with Packetbeat
editThe best way to understand the value of a network packet analytics system like Packetbeat is to try it on your own traffic.
To get started with your own Packetbeat setup, install and configure these related products:
- Elasticsearch for storage and indexing the data.
- Kibana for the UI.
- Logstash (optional) for inserting data into Elasticsearch.
See Getting Started with Beats and the Elastic Stack for more information.
After installing the Elastic Stack, read the following topics to learn how to install, configure, and run Packetbeat:
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