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Link to infrastructure monitoring docs from the stack getting started (#229) (#315)
* Link to infrastructure monitoring docs from stack getting started * Fix link
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* <<install-elasticsearch,{es}>>
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* <<install-kibana,{kib}>>
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* <<install-beats,{beats}>>
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* <<install-logstash,{ls}>>
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* <<install-logstash,{ls} (optional)>>
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Then you learn how to implement a system monitoring solution that uses
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{metricbeat} to collect server metrics and ship the data to {es}, where you can
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[[install-logstash]]
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=== Install {ls}
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=== Install {ls} (optional)
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https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash[{ls}] is a powerful tool that
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integrates with a wide variety of deployments. It offers a large selection of
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plugins to help you parse, enrich, transform, and buffer data from a variety of
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sources. If your data requires additional processing that is not available in
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{beats}, then you need to add {ls} to your deployment.
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To download and install {ls}, open a terminal window and use the commands that
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* {stack-ov}/elasticsearch-security.html[Securing the {stack}]
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* {stack-ov}/license-management.html[License Management]
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Want to get up and running quickly with infrastructure metrics monitoring and
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centralized log analytics? Try out the
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{infra-guide}/infrastructure-ui-overview.html[Infrastructure] and
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{infra-guide}/logs-ui-overview.html[Logs] UIs
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in {kib}. For setup details, see the {infra-guide}/index.html[Infrastructure
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Monitoring Guide].
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Later, when you're ready to set up a production environment, also see the
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{stack-ref}/installing-elastic-stack.html[{stack} Installation and Upgrade
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