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   == Getting started
   
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  -The _Beats platform_ together with Elasticsearch and Kibana form an _open source 
  -application monitoring solution_.
  -
  - * _Beats shippers_ to collect the data. You should install these on
  +A regular _Beats setup_ consists of:
  +
  + * Beats shippers to collect the data. You should install these on
      your servers so that they capture the data.
  - * _Elasticsearch_ for storage and indexing.
  - * _Kibana_ for the UI.
  -
  -For now, you can just install Elasticsearch and Kibana on a single VM or even
  + * Elasticsearch for storage and indexing. <<elasticsearch-installation>>
  + * Optionally Logstash. <<logstash-installation>>
  + * Kibana for the UI. <<kibana-installation>>
  + * Kibana dashboards to customize your widgets. <<load-kibana-dashboards>>
  +
  +NOTE:  For now, you can just install Elasticsearch and Kibana on a single VM or even
   on your laptop. The only condition is that this machine is accessible from the
   servers you want to monitor. As you add more shippers and your traffic grows, you
   will want replace the single Elasticsearch instance with a cluster. You will
   probably also want to automate the installation process.  But for now, let's
   just do the fun part.
   
  +[[elasticsearch-installation]]
   === Elasticsearch installation
   
   http://www.elasticsearch.org/[Elasticsearch] is a distributed real-time
  
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  === Kibana installation
  
  https://www.elastic.co/products/kibana[Kibana] is a visualization application
  
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  [[logstash-installation]]
  === Insert data to Elasticsearch via Logstash
  
  The simplest architecture for the Beat platform setup consists of the Beats shippers, Elasticsearch and Kibana.
  This is nice and easy to get started with and enough for networks with small traffic. It also uses the
  