# Automation for ELK

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automation-for-elk/57688>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 10, 2016, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automation-for-elk/57688 "2016-08-10T10:59:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sunilmchaudhari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunilmchaudhari/32/9475_2.png) [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automation-for-elk/57688/1 "2016-08-10T10:59:26Z")

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Hi,  
I am using ELK for our application.  
Each time I have to do everything manually.  
Can anybody guide for automation?  
What is the approach? scripts or docker?  
What all those things can be automated?  
Any samples?

br,  
Sunil

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automation-for-elk/57688/2 "2016-08-10T11:04:37Z")

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What are you currently doing manually, i.e. what kind of automation are you looking for?

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**Author:** ![sunilmchaudhari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunilmchaudhari/32/9475_2.png) [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automation-for-elk/57688/3 "2016-08-10T11:08:25Z")

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Manual things I have to go through on any new environment:

Install ES on 3 nodes  
Configure yml file  
Install logstash on another machines and make configurations in logstash.conf  
Install nGinx, redis  
Install filebeat and do configurations.  
Install kibana.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automation-for-elk/57688/4 "2016-08-10T11:11:32Z")

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You should look into a configuration management tool like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine, or SaltStack. I'm a very happy Ansible user myself.

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**Author:** ![sunilmchaudhari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunilmchaudhari/32/9475_2.png) [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automation-for-elk/57688/5 "2016-08-10T11:12:21Z")

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Thanks a lot.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automation-for-elk/57688/6 "2017-07-05T22:28:49Z")

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