Observability guides

OpenSearch Serverless: How It Works and Getting Started in 3 Steps

Primary Use Cases for OpenSearch Serverless  OpenSearch Serverless can be used for the following tasks....

AWS OpenSearch Service: Quick Guide and Tutorial

Key Features of AWS OpenSearch  OpenSearch offers the following features and capabilities:  OpenSearch OSS Version vs. Amazon OpenSearch Service vs. Amazon Opensearch Serverless  The open source version of...

Elasticsearch: The Basics and a Quick Tutorial

Elasticsearch Architecture and Components  Elasticsearch’s architecture is designed around a few core concepts: nodes, clusters, indices and types, documents and fields, and shards and replicas. Nodes In Elasticsearch,...

OpenSearch: The Basics and a Quick Tutorial

The Origins of OpenSearch  The OpenSearch project came into being following a controversy around Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch. In early 2021, Elastic announced that they would change...

Elastic Cloud vs. Coralogix

Quick Guide to OpenTelemetry: Concepts, Tutorial, and Best Practices

What Type of Telemetry Data Does OpenTelemetry Handle?  OpenTelemetry handles three primary types of telemetry...

Elasticsearch Query Examples

ELK Stack: Definition, Use Cases, and Tutorial

ELK Stack Architecture and Components Elasticsearch Elasticsearch is a real-time, distributed storage, search, and analytics engine. It works well in environments where scalability and resilience are critical. Elasticsearch...

Elasticsearch vs. Splunk: 6 Key Differences and How to Choose

Elasticsearch vs. Splunk: Key Differences  While both tools are useful for managing data, there are...

Elasticsearch vs. OpenSearch: 6 Key Differences and How to Choose

The Drama Behind OpenSearch: Tensions Between Elastic and AWS Elasticsearch, released under the Apache 2.0...

OpenTelemetry Collector: The Basics and a Quick Tutorial

Why Use the OpenTelemetry Collector?  Provides a Vendor-Agnostic Way to Collect Telemetry Data Different vendors...

Elasticsearch on AWS: 3 Managed Services and How to Get Started

Why Should You Run Elasticsearch on AWS? Running Elasticsearch on AWS offers several benefits, specifically...