- Author: [[akomljen.com]]
- Full Title: Get Kubernetes Logs With EFK Stack in 5 Minutes
- URL: https://akomljen.com/get-kubernetes-logs-with-efk-stack-in-5-minutes/
## Highlights first synced by [[Readwise]] [[2020-09-16]]
- how to start monitoring Kubernetes logs in 5 minutes with EFK stack ([[Elasticsearch]], [[Fluent Bit,]] and [[Kibana]]) deployed with Helm and Elasticsearch operator.
- EFK stack usually refers to [[Elasticsearch]], [[Fluentd]] and [[Kibana]]. However, I decided to go with Fluent Bit, which is much lighter and it has built-in Kubernetes support. Fluent Bit can read [[Kubernetes]] or [[Docker]] log files from the file system or through Systemd journal, enrich logs with Kubernetes metadata, deliver logs to third-party storage services like Elasticsearch, [[InfluxDB]], HTTP, etc.
Fluent Bit is a Lightweight Data Forwarder for Fluentd. Fluent Bit is specifically designed for forwarding the data from the edge to Fluentd aggregators.