Elastic Stack (ELK Stack)

The Elastic Stack (formerly known as the ELK Stack) is a collection of open-source products from Elastic - Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats - designed for taking data from any source, in any format, and searching, analyzing, and visualizing it in real time. Widely used for log management, observability, and security analytics.

2 APIs 0 Features

AnalyticsLoggingMonitoringObservabilitySearch

APIs

Elasticsearch API

Distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine serving as the heart of the Elastic Stack for centralized storage and search.

Kibana API

Data visualization and exploration tool for reviewing logs and events, providing real-time dashboards and analytics for Elasticsearch data.

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aid: elk-stack
name: Elastic Stack (ELK Stack)
description: >-
  The Elastic Stack (formerly known as the ELK Stack) is a collection of
  open-source products from Elastic - Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and
  Beats - designed for taking data from any source, in any format, and
  searching, analyzing, and visualizing it in real time. Widely used for log
  management, observability, and security analytics.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Analytics
  - Logging
  - Monitoring
  - Observability
  - Search
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic-stack/
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-03-16'
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: elk-stack:elasticsearch-api
    name: Elasticsearch API
    description: >-
      Distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine serving as the heart
      of the Elastic Stack for centralized storage and search.
    humanURL: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch/
    baseURL: https://localhost:9200
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Database
      - Search
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification/main/output/openapi/elasticsearch-serverless-openapi.json
  - aid: elk-stack:kibana-api
    name: Kibana API
    description: >-
      Data visualization and exploration tool for reviewing logs and events,
      providing real-time dashboards and analytics for Elasticsearch data.
    humanURL: https://www.elastic.co/kibana/
    baseURL: https://localhost:5601
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Dashboard
      - Visualization
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/index.html
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic-stack/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/index.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.elastic.co/guide/index.html
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.elastic.co/blog/
  - type: Support
    url: https://www.elastic.co/support
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.elastic.co/pricing/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/elastic
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]