logging Articles

Migrate Logstash Pipelines from Azure Event Hubs to OTel Collector Kafka Receiver
Step-by-step guide to migrating Logstash pipelines from the Azure Event Hubs plugin to the OpenTelemetry Collector Kafka receiver.

Elasticsearch over the years — how LogsDB cuts index size by up to 75% at no throughput cost
By default, Elasticsearch is optimized for retrieval, not storage. LogsDB changes that. Here's the layered architecture behind a 77% index size reduction.

Windows Event Log Monitoring with OpenTelemetry & Elastic Streams
Learn how to enhance Windows Event Log monitoring with OpenTelemetry for standardized ingestion and Elastic Streams for smart partitioning and analysis.

Connecting the Dots: ES|QL Joins for Richer Observability Insights
Now in tech preview, ES|QL LOOKUP JOIN lets you enrich logs, metrics, and traces at query time no need to denormalize at ingest. Add deployment, infra, or business context dynamically, reduce storage, and accelerate root cause analysis in Elastic Obervability.

Elastic's collaboration with OpenTelemetry on improving the filelog receiver
Elastic is committed to help OpenTelemetry advance it's logging capabilities. Learn about our collaboration with the OpenTelemetry community on improving the capabilities and quality aspects of the OpenTelemetry Collector's filelog receiver.