Beats is a lightweight data collection tool that integrates a variety of single-purpose data shippers. Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch supports Filebeat, Metricbeat, Auditbeat, and Heartbeat data shippers. This topic describes data shippers that are suitable for different scenarios and how to use these data shippers.
Use of data shippers
Filebeat
- Use Filebeat to collect Apache log data
Filebeat is a type of lightweight shipper that can be used to forward and collect log data. For more information about how to use Filebeat, see the related topic.
Metricbeat
- Use Metricbeat to collect system data and NGINX service data
Metricbeat is a type of lightweight shipper that can be used to collect and transfer the statistical data of system and service metrics. For more information about how to use Metricbeat, see the related topic.
Auditbeat
- Use Auditbeat to collect system audit data and monitor file changes
Auditbeat is a type of lightweight shipper that can be used to collect data from the Linux audit framework. For more information about how to use Auditbeat, see the related topic.
Heartbeat
- Use Heartbeat to check ICMP and HTTP services
Heartbeat is a type of lightweight shipper that can be used to check service status and service availability. For more information about how to use Heartbeat, see the related topic.