Log monitoring

Scalable, centralized log monitoring for hybrid cloud

As the recognized leader in log monitoring, with the broadest and most comprehensive set of log data sources in the industry, the Elastic Stack (also known as the ELK Stack) is the most popular open source logging platform.

Learn how to ingest, view, and analyze custom logs from your applications using Elastic Cloud.

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Deploy and manage logs at petabyte scale

Elastic Agent makes it fast and easy to deploy log monitoring. Broad log data source support unifies application data with infrastructure data for context. Out-of-the-box support for common data sources helps you seamlessly ship and visualize cloud services logs from cloud-native technologies and service providers (including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform) in minutes.

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Boost storage efficiency with logsdb index mode

Reduce the storage footprint of log data by up to 65%. Elasticsearch logsdb index mode optimizes the ordering of data, eliminates duplication by reconstructing non-stored field values on the fly with synthetic _source, and improves compression with advanced algorithms and codecs — while using columnar storage within Elasticsearch for efficient log storage and retrieval. This enables observability and security teams to expand visibility and keep all data immediately accessible for analysis without exceeding their budget.

Get insights for structured and unstructured logs in minutes

Turn unstructured data into a valuable asset by parsing, transforming, and enriching logs for use cases for all teams and every technology stack irrespective of source. Improve query performance of your structured log data with schema on write, or take advantage of the benefits of schema on read with runtime fields to extract, calculate, and transform fields at query time.

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Search across everything with search that scales with you

Eliminate blind spots by ingesting all telemetry data without missing critical data needed to solve problems. Uniform data modeling with the Elastic Common Schema (ECS) means you can normalize and centrally analyze all your data from diverse sources. Search across your data centers and cloud from a single console with powerful cross-cluster search.

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Real-time troubleshooting with live tail

Keep a pulse of all log files flowing in from your servers, virtual machines, and containers in a purpose-built and intuitive interface for viewing logs. Pin structured fields and explore related logs without leaving your current screen. Dive into your real-time streaming logs in Kibana for a console-like experience.

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Detect patterns and outliers with log categorization and anomaly detection

Identify common patterns, trends, and outliers to help isolate performance and availability problems. Automatic out-of-the-box machine learning is applied to every log message for quick detection and correlation. Resolve your application problems faster than ever.

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Log monitoring is just one way to observe your applications

Monitor your applications, infrastructure, and users all within a single solution: Elastic Observability.

  • Application performance monitoring

    Accelerate development and improve your application code.

  • Infrastructure monitoring

    Simplify infrastructure monitoring at scale.

  • Real user monitoring

    Measure and track end users to optimize your applications.

  • Synthetic monitoring

    Test user journeys to deliver a great customer experience.