Monitor Your Containers with the Elastic Stack

Monitor Your Containers with the Elastic Stack

Discover how to effectively monitor containerized applications using the Elastic Stack in this informative conference talk. Learn techniques for gathering data from containers, including fetching logs, collecting measurements from cgroups, and obtaining metrics through the Docker API. Explore methods to enhance container data with metadata and monitor network traffic between containers. Gain insights into overcoming the challenges of logging and monitoring in containerized environments, with a focus on using lightweight shippers like Beats to streamline the process.