Solving "Unable to Get Local Issuer Certificate" Errors with cURL
Jochen Kressin || 2024-10-29
How to solve the infamous "curl: (60) ssl certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate" when interacting with the Elasticsearch REST API
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Signals: Enterprise Alerting for Elasticsearch for Free
Jochen Kressin || 2024-10-15
We dive into Signals, our enterprise grade Alerting solution for Elasticsearch and Kibana. You can get the Community Edition for free!
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Reader vs. Listener: The Great Debate!
Anja Glauch || 2024-09-26
In the age-old battle between readers and listeners, a new dimension has emerged—those who refuse to pick sides! Our team decided to conduct a fun poll to see where our audience stands. The results are in, and they might surprise ...
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Search Guard Alerting vs Elastalert: Which one to use?
Jochen Kressin || 2024-08-20
We take a look at Elastalert and compare it with Signals, the free Search Guard Alerting solution for Elasticsearch and Kibana and explain why Signals is the winner.
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Deploying Secure Elasticsearch Clusters with Search Guard Helm Charts
Jochen Kressin || 2024-08-20
This articles describes how to use the Search Guard Elasticsearch Helm Charts for deploying Elasticsearch and Search Guard on Kubernetes.
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Log Monitoring with Signals Pt.2: Configuring a Watch
Jochen Kressin || 2024-08-01
In this article we'll set up a Watch that periodically scans log data stored in Elasticsearch for errors. We use the Kibana Alerting UI to set everything up.
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Log Monitoring with Signals Pt.1: Setting up Notification Channels
Jochen Kressin || 2024-07-18
In this article series, we will show you how to use Signals to monitor ingested log data for anomalies and send notifications on various channels if such an anomaly is detected.
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Enhancing Academic and Scientific Research with Search Guard's Free Licensing Programme
Jochen Kressin || 2024-07-01
Search Guard's Academic and Scientific License Programme offers full enterprise features at no cost for eligible institutions.
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Understanding Kerberos Part 1: The Basics
Jochen Kressin || 2024-05-27
This article delves into the details of Kerberos, explores its most common applications, and discusses its advantages and disadvantages over other authentication methods like SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) and OIDC (OpenID ...
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Reduce Elasticsearch Search Latency and Optimize Search Performance
Jochen Kressin || 2024-05-21
In this article, we'll explore practical tips on how to reduce search latency and optimize search performance in Elasticsearch.
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