In the context of Logs Management on Logit.io, a stack refers to a collection or grouping of related logs or log entries. Logs are records of events, activities, or messages generated by software applications, servers, and other systems. Logs are crucial for troubleshooting, monitoring, and analyzing the behavior of these systems.

The ingestion pipeline is responsible for collecting log data from various sources, processing it, and then forwarding it to the storage component. This stage often involves log collectors or agents installed on servers or systems to capture logs, as well as parsing and transformation processes to make the data more structured and usable. Here you can utilize such services as managed Logstash, as well as view individual instance details and their health.

Once the log data is ingested, it needs to be stored efficiently for future analysis and retrieval. Depending on the scale and requirements of the organization, various storage solutions can be used. You can utilise OpenSearch for powerful searching and storage capabilities as well as view individual nodes and health details.

After storing log data, it's essential to be able to analyze and visualize it effectively. Visualization tools provide dashboards, graphs, and charts that make it easier for administrators, DevOps teams, and other stakeholders to monitor system health, detect anomalies, and troubleshoot issues. Here you can harness the potential of OpenSearch Dashboards to produce detailed visualizations. As well as, view node and version details.

Locating where you’d view your stack in Logs Management is simple. From the initial dashboard, it should be the first section that you see, below your account title and details. Here, you can view your entire stack. There’s a significant amount of information in this section so we have broken it down for you.

To start, just beneath the section titled ‘Logs Management’, you will encounter the ‘Stack Plan.’ Within this section, you will find comprehensive information about your stack, which includes details about your subscription, such as the monthly log volume and data retention.

Below ‘Stack Plan’ is the heading ‘Services’, the first of these services is ‘Logstash’. Here you can utilise a variety of Logstash endpoints. Additionally, you can select ‘View All Inputs’ to view the full list of your inputs and configure new inputs. As well as this, you can view your Logstash IP addresses.

The next of these ‘Services’ is ‘OpenSearch.’ From here you can copy your account details such as your OpenSearch endpoint, password and username. Finally, if you select ‘View Full Details’ you will reach a page that allows you to observe the current Opensearch version running on your nodes, toggle between different authentication modes, and gain access to Opensearch's API endpoints.

The final service listed is ‘OpenSearch Dashboards’. From here you can copy the endpoint, as well as select ‘Launch’ which will take you to your OpenSearch Dashboards from where you can analyse your log data and build interactive dashboards.

To the right of the ‘Logs Management’ section you will notice ‘View Data Integrations.’ If you click this link, it will take you to our source integration tool, where you’ll find a range of sources with instructions to effectively configure them.

Next to ‘View Data Integrations’ you will find ‘View Statistics.’ On this page, you have the ability to check data utilization statistics for transmitting data to your Logs Stack on a weekly basis, as well as review historical usage data for a period of up to one year. The usage table located towards the end of this page provides a more detailed exploration of these trends. It presents a daily breakdown of sent logs, their corresponding size in gigabytes, and a comparison against your current plan's data and retention limits.

The final option available to you in this section in ‘Manage Stack’, if you select this you will view a page where you can see your Logs Stack version information, as well as rebuild or delete your Stack.