Elastic Stack 6.x
A tour of new features: Canvas,
Frozen Indices and ILM
Janko Strassburg | Senior Support Engineer
Imma Valls | Consulting Engineer
February 11st 2019 Madrid Meetup
Sponsor Thank You!
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Elastic Products
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Store, Search, &
Analyze
Visualize &
Manage
Ingest
Elastic Stack
SOLUTIONS
Elastic Stack
Kibana
Elasticsearch
Beats Logstash
SaaS SELF-MANAGED
Elastic cloud Elastic cloud
Enterprise Standalone
Solutions
Store, Search, &
Analyze
Visualize &
Manage
Ingest
Kibana
Elasticsearch
Beats Logstash
Elastic Stack
SaaS SELF-MANAGED
App Search Site Search Enterprise Search
FUTURE
Metrics APM
Business Analytics
Logging Security Analytics
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Kibana
Canvas: Create live pixel-perfect presentations
Beta | Basic (free) | 6.5
Canvas: Create live pixel-perfect presentations
Beta | Basic (free) | 6.5
Canvas
Beta | Basic (free) | 6.5
Showcase your data, live & pixel-perfect
Tell the story of your data, your way
Showcase your work on the big screen
Support Elasticsearch SQL
Automate reporting (adios copy/paste)
Built for the community, extend Canvas
with plugins
Canvas: More Canvas stories
Beta | Basic (free) | 6.5
https://www.elastic.co/webinars/intro-to-canvas-a-new-way-to-tell-visual-stories-in-kibana
https://www.elastic.co/blog/getting-started-with-canvas-in-kibana
https://www.elastic.co/blog/monitoring-airport-security-operations-with-canvas-and-elasticsearch
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticon-kibana-canvas-story-elasticoffee
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticon-kibana-canvas-story-ama
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DEMO
Multiple Elasticsearch
Nodes Sniffing
Register multiple Elasticsearch nodes
in the kibana.yml
Provides resilience to the connection
between Elasticsearch and Kibana
If Elasticsearch node goes down,
Kibana will access the next one
Before 6.6
After 6.6
Single Point
Of Failure
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Elasticsearch
Frozen Indices
Basic (free)
Enable higher storage:memory ratio
Trades off search speeds for lower
memory footprint (i.e. lower costs)
Keep data searchable (online) in an
cost-efficient way
Operationally much simpler than
alternatives like snapshots or archival.
Data
Rollups
(6.3)
Hot / Warm
Snapshots
Minimal
Snapshot
(6.5)
Index
Lifecycle
Mgmt
(6.6)
Frozen
Indices
(6.6)
Frozen Indices
Basic (free)
Enable higher storage:memory ratio
Trades off search speeds for lower
memory footprint (i.e. lower costs)
Keep data searchable (online) in an
cost-efficient way
Operationally much simpler than
alternatives like snapshots or archival.
Open Index
Searchable
High heap (memory)
Fast searches
Closed Index
NOT searchable
No heap (memory)
Frozen Index
Searchable
No heap (memory)
Slower searches
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/freeze-index-api.html
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/frozen-indices.html
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DEMO
Index Lifecycle Mgmt
Beta | Basic (free)
Simplifies defining, automating, and
managing lifecycle of your data
Lifecycle phases (supported actions)
Phase Supported Actions
Hot Rollover
Warm Minimum age, Forcemerge,
Shrink, Allocate, Set replicas
Cold Allocate, Set replicas
Delete Delete
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/index-lifecycle-management-api.html
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.6/index-lifecycle-policies.html
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DEMO
7.0.0 Preview Releases
Elastic Pioneer Program
1. Try out a 7.0 preview release
2. Open GitHub issue to provide feedback
3. Be recognized, and win Elastic swag
https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-pioneer-program-7-0
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Madrid Elastic Meetup February 11 2019 - Release 6.x features

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    Elastic Stack 6.x Atour of new features: Canvas, Frozen Indices and ILM Janko Strassburg | Senior Support Engineer Imma Valls | Consulting Engineer February 11st 2019 Madrid Meetup
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    4 Store, Search, & Analyze Visualize& Manage Ingest Elastic Stack SOLUTIONS Elastic Stack Kibana Elasticsearch Beats Logstash SaaS SELF-MANAGED Elastic cloud Elastic cloud Enterprise Standalone
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    Solutions Store, Search, & Analyze Visualize& Manage Ingest Kibana Elasticsearch Beats Logstash Elastic Stack SaaS SELF-MANAGED App Search Site Search Enterprise Search FUTURE Metrics APM Business Analytics Logging Security Analytics
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    Canvas: Create livepixel-perfect presentations Beta | Basic (free) | 6.5
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    Canvas: Create livepixel-perfect presentations Beta | Basic (free) | 6.5
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    Canvas Beta | Basic(free) | 6.5 Showcase your data, live & pixel-perfect Tell the story of your data, your way Showcase your work on the big screen Support Elasticsearch SQL Automate reporting (adios copy/paste) Built for the community, extend Canvas with plugins
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    Canvas: More Canvasstories Beta | Basic (free) | 6.5 https://www.elastic.co/webinars/intro-to-canvas-a-new-way-to-tell-visual-stories-in-kibana https://www.elastic.co/blog/getting-started-with-canvas-in-kibana https://www.elastic.co/blog/monitoring-airport-security-operations-with-canvas-and-elasticsearch https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticon-kibana-canvas-story-elasticoffee https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticon-kibana-canvas-story-ama
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    Multiple Elasticsearch Nodes Sniffing Registermultiple Elasticsearch nodes in the kibana.yml Provides resilience to the connection between Elasticsearch and Kibana If Elasticsearch node goes down, Kibana will access the next one Before 6.6 After 6.6 Single Point Of Failure
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    Frozen Indices Basic (free) Enablehigher storage:memory ratio Trades off search speeds for lower memory footprint (i.e. lower costs) Keep data searchable (online) in an cost-efficient way Operationally much simpler than alternatives like snapshots or archival. Data Rollups (6.3) Hot / Warm Snapshots Minimal Snapshot (6.5) Index Lifecycle Mgmt (6.6) Frozen Indices (6.6)
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    Frozen Indices Basic (free) Enablehigher storage:memory ratio Trades off search speeds for lower memory footprint (i.e. lower costs) Keep data searchable (online) in an cost-efficient way Operationally much simpler than alternatives like snapshots or archival. Open Index Searchable High heap (memory) Fast searches Closed Index NOT searchable No heap (memory) Frozen Index Searchable No heap (memory) Slower searches https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/freeze-index-api.html https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/frozen-indices.html
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    Index Lifecycle Mgmt Beta| Basic (free) Simplifies defining, automating, and managing lifecycle of your data Lifecycle phases (supported actions) Phase Supported Actions Hot Rollover Warm Minimum age, Forcemerge, Shrink, Allocate, Set replicas Cold Allocate, Set replicas Delete Delete https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/index-lifecycle-management-api.html https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.6/index-lifecycle-policies.html
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    7.0.0 Preview Releases ElasticPioneer Program 1. Try out a 7.0 preview release 2. Open GitHub issue to provide feedback 3. Be recognized, and win Elastic swag https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-pioneer-program-7-0
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    THANK YOU Take ourMeetup Survey. Help us improve! https://go.es.io/2B7sP72 Talk proposals https://github.com/elastic/call-for-meetups