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Graylog is the solution for aggregating and managing the logs from various components of the cluster, as well as for providing visualization of the logs.
The following figures shows a sample of the log aggregation dashboard:
Elasticsearch is a distributed database used for storing indexed logs and act as the backend for Graylog
As a log forwarder, Filebeat tails various log files on the client-side and quickly sends this information to Graylog for further parsing and enrichment, or to Elasticsearch for centralized storage and analysis.