Mastering Elastic Stack: Dive into data analysis with a pursuit of mastering ELK Stack on real-world scenarios.

Add Oracle Java PPA (Personal Package Archive) to apt repository list:

        sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java

You will be prompted to enter a password after running sudo command (unless you are not logged into as root) and you would receive OK on successful addition to repository, which indicates repository has been imported.

Update the apt package database to include all the latest files under the packages:

        sudo apt-get update

Install the latest version of Oracle Java 8:

       sudo apt-get -y install oracle-java8-installer

Also during installation, you will be prompted to accept the license agreement which pops up as shown in the following screenshot:

To check whether Java has successfully installed, type the following command into the terminal:

        java -version

Download the latest version of Java JDK from Sun Microsystems site using the following link:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Upon opening the link click on the Download button of JDK to download.

You will be redirected to the download page - first click on the Accept License Agreement radio button, then click on your Windows version (use x86 for 32-bit or x64 for 64-bit) to download the EXE file.

Double click on installation file and it will open as an installer.

Click on Next followed by accepting license by reading it, and keep clicking next until it shows JDK has successfully installed.

Now for running Java in windows, you need to set the path of JAVA in the environment variable settings of Windows. Firstly open properties of My Computer. Select Advanced system settings and then click on the Advanced tab wherein you will click environment variables options as shown in the following screenshot:

After opening environment variables, click on New (under System Variables) and give the variable name as JAVA_HOME and variable value as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_74. (Do check in your system where jdk has been installed and provide that path):

Then double click Path variable (under System Variables) and move towards the end of the text box - insert a semi colon if not inserted and add the location of the bin folder of JDK such as: %JAVA_HOME%\bin. Then click on OK to all the windows opened.

To validate whether Java is successfully installed, type the following command in command prompt:

java -version

The preceding screenshot signifies Java has installed successfully.

Download Elasticsearch 5.1.1 as a debian package using terminal:

        wget https://artifacts.elastic.co
        /downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.1.1.deb

Install the debian package using following command:

        sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-5.1.1.deb

Configure Elasticsearch to run automatically on bootup . If you are using SysV init distribution, then run the following command:

        sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 9510

The preceding command will print on screen:

        Adding system startup for,  /etc/init.d/elasticsearch

Check status of Elasticsearch using following command:

       sudo service elasticsearch status

Run Elasticsearch as a service using following command:

         sudo service elasticsearch start

Usage of Elasticsearch command:

       sudo  service elasticsearch {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}

If you are using systemd distribution, then run following command:

        sudo /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
        sudo /bin/systemctl enable elasticsearch.service

To verify elasticsearch installation open open http://localhost:9200 in browser or run the following command from command line:

       curl -X GET http://localhost:9200

Download Elasticsearch 5.1.1 version from its site using the following link:

https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.1.1.zip

Upon opening the link, click on it and it will download the ZIP package.

Extract the downloaded ZIP package by unzipping it using WinRAR, 7-Zip, and other such extracting softwares (if you don't have one of these then download it).

This will extract the files and folders in the directory.

Then click on the extracted folder and navigate the folder to reach inside the bin folder.

Click on the elasticsearch.bat file to run Elasticsearch.

To verify Elasticsearch installation, open http://localhost:9200 in the browser:

Before installing Kibana, please check whether your system is 32 bit or 64 bit which can be done using the following command:

     uname -m

If it gives an output as x86_64 it means it is 64-bit system else, if it gives i686 it means it is a 32-bit system.

Download Kibana 5.1.1 as a debian package using terminal:

Install the debian package using following command:

Configure Kibana to run automatically on bootup . If you are using SysV init distribution, then run the following command:

      sudo update-rc.d kibana defaults 9510

The above command will print on screen:

      Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/kibana

Check status of Kibana using following command:

      sudo service kibana status

Run Kibana as a service using following command:

      sudo service kibana start

Usage of Kibana command:

      sudo service kibana {start|force-start|stop|force-stop|status|restart}

If you are using systemd distribution then run following command:

        sudo /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
        sudo /bin/systemctl enable kibana.service

To verify Kibana installation open http://localhost:5601 in the browser:

Download Kibana version 5.1.1 from the Elastic website using the following link:

https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-5.1.1-windows-x86.zip

Upon opening the link, click on it and it will download the ZIP package.

Extract the downloaded ZIP package by either it using WinRAR, 7-Zip, or other such software.This will extract the files and folders in the directory.

Then click on the extracted folder and navigate the folder to reach inside the bin folder.

Click on the kibana.bat file to run Kibana.

To verify Kibana installation, open http://localhost:5601 in the browser:

Download Logstash 5.1.1 as a debian package using terminal:

        wget https://artifacts.elastic.co
        /downloads/logstash/logstash-5.1.1.deb

Install the debian package using following command:

       sudo dpkg -i logstash-5.1.1.deb

Check status of Logstash using following command:

     sudo initcl status logstash

Run Logstash as a service using following command:

        sudo initctl start logstash

Download Logstash 5.1.1 version from the Elastic site using the following link:

https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/logstash/logstash-5.1.1.zip

Upon opening the link click it to download the ZIP package.

Extract the downloaded ZIP package by unzipping it using WinRar, 7Zip and other such software.

This will extract the files and folders in the directory.

Then click on the extracted folder and navigate the folder to reach inside the bin folder.

To validate whether Logstash is successfully installed, type the following command into command prompt after navigating to the bin folder:

logstash --version

This will print the Logstash version installed.

Before installing Filebeat, please check whether your system is 32 bit or 64 bit which can be done using the following command:

         uname -m

If it gives an output as x86_64 it means it is 64-bit system else, if it gives i686 it means it is a 32-bit system.

Download Filebeat 5.1.1 as a debian package using terminal

Install the debian package using following command:

Configure Filebeat to run automatically on bootup. If you are using SysV init distribution, then run the following command:

        sudo update-rc.d filebeat defaults 95 10

The above command will print on screen:

        Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/filebeat.

Check status of Filebeat using following command:

        sudo service filebeat status

Run Filebeat as a service using following command:

       sudo service filebeat start

Usage of Filebeat command:

        sudo service filebeat {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}

Before installing Filebeat, please check whether your system is 32 bit or 64 bit which can be done using the following command in command prompt:

        wmic os get osarchitecture

It will give an output as 64-bit or 32-bit.

Download Filebeat 5.1.1 version from Elastic site using the following link:

Upon opening the link, click on it and it will download the ZIP package.

Extract the downloaded ZIP package by unzipping it using WinRAR, 7-Zip, or other such software:

This will extract the files and folders in the directory.

Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator (install if not present).

Navigate to the directory where Filebeat is extracted and stored (such as C:\Users\username\Desktop) and run the following command in Windows PowerShell:

.\install-service-filebeat.ps1

This will install Filebeat as a Windows service.