elasticsearch-mapper-attachments VS prometheus

Elasticsearch - www.elastic.co/

The increasing complexity of modern systems led to the rise of AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations) and observability practices. AIOps leveraged machine learning algorithms to automate problem detection, analysis, and resolution. Observability focused on gaining insights into system behaviour through metrics, logs, and traces. As a result, tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) gained popularity.

My only experience with NetFlow collection is on my home firewall/router running pfSense Community Edition, which is free to download and can be installed on a wide assortment of X86 hardware. I installed the Softflowd package, which exports NetFlow data to a dedicated Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana (ELK) server on my LAN. I believe Security Onion and ElastiFlow also can be NetFlow collectors.

Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) Stack: An open source suite of tools for log management and analysis, providing real-time insights into security events.

Recently I have taken an interest in big data. https://neo4j.com/ , https://cassandra.apache.org/ , https://clickhouse.com/, https://www.elastic.co/ - are all databases I have experience with. Neo4j and Cassandra only as a hobby, but Clickhouse I have used in production, and Elasticsearch I have used for some 7 years now.

Buy an enterprise-class, wired router like the Negate 2100 ($349 USD), which runs pfSense, and configure the Deco AXE5400 device(s) to operate in Access Point Mode. Then install the Softflowd package through the pfSense web UI. Softflowd will collect and export NetFlow data to a NefFlow collector, which is the separate computer/VM/container referred to above, running software like Security Onion, ElastiFlow, or Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana (ELK).

If you’re unaware, elastic search is some like enterprise level search shit. They just put it in a theme. https://www.elastic.co

systemctl status kibana ● kibana.service - Kibana Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/kibana.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2023-03-28 09:40:05 UTC; 33min ago Docs: https://www.elastic.co Main PID: 3168 (node) Tasks: 11 (limit: 9432) Memory: 303.3M CPU: 35.190s CGroup: /system.slice/kibana.service └─3168 /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node /usr/share/kibana/bin/../src/cli/dist --logging.dest=/var/log/kibana/kibana.log --pid.file=/run/kibana/kibana.pid "--deprecation.skip_deprecated_settings[0]=logging.dest" Mar 28 09:40:05 wazuh systemd[1]: Started Kibana.

WriteRequest::timeseries is a vector (https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/main/prompb/re...) and

Developers widely use Prometheus as a system for operational monitoring and alerting for their projects. Here is a list of tools for monitoring frontend services with Prometheus.

Just to give an example of the power of Go for CLI builds, you may have already used or at least heard of Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Terraform, but what do they all have in common? They all have a large part of their usability via CLI and are developed in Go 🐿.

Distributed system administrators need mechanisms and tools for monitoring individual nodes in order to analyze the system and promptly detect anomalies. Developers also need effective mechanisms for analyzing, diagnosing issues, and identifying bugs in protocol implementations. Logging, tracing, and collecting metrics are common observability techniques to allow monitoring and obtaining diagnostic information from the system; most of the explored code bases use these techniques. OpenTelemetry and Prometheus are popular open-source monitoring solutions, which are used in many of the explored code bases.

Setting up monitoring for a system, especially one involving GRPC communication, provides crucial visibility into its operations. In this guide, we walked through the steps to instrument both a GRPC server and client with Prometheus metrics, exposed those metrics via an HTTP endpoint, and visualized them using Grafana. The Docker-Compose setup simplified the deployment of both Prometheus and Grafana, ensuring a streamlined process.

Alerting and Notification: Select a tool with flexible alerting mechanisms to proactively detect anomalies or deviations from defined thresholds. Consider asking questions like "Does this tool offer customizable alerting options and support notification channels that suit our team's communication preferences?" A tool like Prometheus provides robust alerting capabilities.

Prometheus

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit. It is designed to monitor highly dynamic containerized systems, making it an excellent choice for monitoring Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters.

wget https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.46.0/prometheus-2.46.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Prometheus: Open-source monitoring system. Often used together with Grafana.