ELK Stack on Kubernetes (MicroK8s)

This project sets up the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) on MicroK8s to collect, process, and visualize logs — including Nginx logs — for real-time observability and monitoring.

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📦 Stack Components

Component	Role
Elasticsearch	Indexes and stores log data
Logstash	Parses and transforms incoming logs
Kibana	Provides dashboards and log visualization
Filebeat	(Optional) Lightweight log shipper

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🚀 Features

• Deploy ELK stack on local Kubernetes (MicroK8s)
• Centralized log collection from Kubernetes pods
• Nginx access log monitoring
• Kibana dashboards for top URLs, status codes, and client IPs
• Custom Logstash pipeline for parsing logs
• NodePort or port-forward access to Kibana

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🧰 Prerequisites

• MicroK8s installed and running
• Basic knowledge of Kubernetes
• Helm 3 (enabled via MicroK8s: microk8s enable helm3)
• At least 4GB of free system memory

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🛠️ Setup Instructions

1. Enable MicroK8s Add-ons

microk8s enable dns storage helm3

2. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/ELK-stack.git
cd ELK-stack

3. Run the Setup Script

chmod +x elk.sh
./elk.sh

4. Access Kibana

microk8s kubectl get svc -n logging

http://<node-ip>:<nodeport>

login:

Username: elastic Passwork :

microk8s kubectl get secret elasticsearch-master-credentials -n logging -o jsonpath="{.data.password}"| base64 -d

@aj1naz