Blogs
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Process Kubernetes logs with ease using Elastic Streams
Learn how to process Kubernetes logs with Elastic Streams using conditional blocks, AI-generated Grok patterns, and selective drops to reduce noise and storage cost.
Why Elastic donated its OpenTelemetry PHP distribution
Learn what the OpenTelemetry PHP distro donation changes for package-managed PHP environments, how it compares to existing options, and what contributors can do next.
Troubleshooting Kafka-Logstash-Elasticsearch Performance Issues in delay-sensitive platforms
Learn how to troubleshoot ingestion bottlenecks in data pipelines built with Kafka, Logstash and Elasticsearch.
Collecting JMX metrics with OpenTelemetry
Learn how to collect Tomcat JMX metrics with OpenTelemetry using the Java agent or jmx-scraper, then extend coverage with custom YAML rules and validate output.
Log Processing UX Design in Elastic Streams
Explore log processing in Elastic Streams and the design decisions behind the Processing UX that make log data more accessible, consistent, and actionable.
How to Troubleshoot Kubernetes Pod Restarts & OOMKilled Events with Agent Builder
Learn how to immediately troubleshoot Kubernetes pod restarts and OOMKilled events with Elastic Agent Builder. We’ll show how to detect, analyze, and remediate failures.
Network monitoring with Elastic: Unifying network observability
Learn how to unify network monitoring using Elastic observability and AI. We'll showcase how to correlate network data, identify root causes and fix issues.
Automated log parsing in Streams with ML
Learn how a hybrid ML approach achieved 94% log parsing and 91% log partitioning accuracy through automation experiments with log format fingerprinting in Streams.
Logstash Pipeline Management & Configuration with GitOps
Stop treating Logstash like a black box. This guide shows you how to use GitOps to create auditable, automated, and resilient data pipelines. Eliminate config drift and boost security with this GitHub and Jenkins blueprint.
Agentic CI/CD: Kubernetes Deployment Gates with Elastic MCP Server
Deploy agentic CI/CD gates with Elastic MCP Server. Integrate AI agents into GitHub Actions to monitor K8s health and improve deployment reliability via Observability (O11y)
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.
Scale testing OpenTelemetry log ingestion on GCP with EDOT Cloud Forwarder
Learn how we load tested the EDOT Cloud Forwarder for GCP on Google Cloud Run and identified practical capacity limits per instance. We show how runtime tuning improves stability and translate the results into concrete configuration and scaling guidance.