Setting up an Elasticsearch instance for log aggregation

Create a new Elasticsearch instance for use with MI log aggregation.

Note: The Elasticsearch instance configured to provide MI search and indexing features for the cluster cannot be used for log aggregation as well. You must install a separate Elasticsearch instance for MI log aggregation.
Follow the same download, installation, and configuration workflow as documented for setting up the cluster Elasticsearch instance:
  1. Download Elasticsearch and Kibana from the elastic website.
  2. Install Elasticsearch.
  3. Install and configure Kibana.
  4. Secure the Elastic stack.
  5. Configure Elasticsearch to run as a Windows service.
Next, generate an API key to secure access to Elasticsearch from MI Log Collector (Filebeat) on each MI node.