The ELK Stack: Community State of the Union

Meetup Details:
http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-ELK-Meetup/events/219126976/

Abstract:
In this presentation, Leslie Hawthorn will review all matters related to the ELK stack and its community. We'll go over how to contribute to the Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana projects, where our users are, what they are finding most useful and how you can get more involved in the community.

Transcript

1. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Elasticsearch & the ELK Stack Community State of the Union Sydney Elasticsearch, Logstash & Kibana Meetup, January 2015 Leslie Hawthorn Director of Developer Relations leslie.hawthorn@elasticsearch.com @lhawthorn
2. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. History: Elasticsearch & ELK • Project released by Shay Banon in Feb. 2010 • Explosive adoption leads to Elasticsearch Co. • Creators of Kibana & Logstash join mid-2013 • We’re hiring!
3. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. …by the most innovative companies across all segments Our Business Model & Key Customers a.k.a. How We Pay for the Free Beer • Support subscriptions • training.elasticsearch.com (Coming Feb. in Sydney and Melbourne!) • Commercial plugins: Marvel and Shield Fortune 500 Global 2000 Fortune 100 SMEs/Other
4. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Some Local Success Stories • Atlassian - HipChat • FlockData - Health Care Data Analytics • Lexer - Data Enrichment • LIFX - Customer Support Portal Search & Logging • realestate.com.au - full- text search
5. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Growing a Global Community • 17K+ Meetup Members • 74 Cities • 27 Countries
6. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Places to Learn
7. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. elasticsearch.org (/resources … /blog … /community) • Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide • Video how tos and use case stories • This Week in Elasticsearch: weekly blog round up post of all things ELK ecosystem • Numerous how to blog articles direct from our dev team • Usual open source project resources: IRC (Freenode, #Elasticsearch, #Logstash, #Kibana) & mailing lists
8. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Our First User Conference Videos from most sessions will be published after the event
9. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Contributing: A How-To & Where to Start
10. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Code, Code, Code github.com/elasticsearch & beyond • All of our source code is available on GitHub • Download ZIP archives, tarballs plus DEB & RPM packages from our website • More than 10M downloads • GitHub stats show we’re one of their most popular projects
11. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. How to Contribute github.com/elasticsearch • Code • Pull requests welcome and encouraged • Feature requests should be submitted via GitHub issues • Add to the extensive plugin ecosystem around Elasticsearch & Logstash • CLA required for all code merged to master
12. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. How to Contribute http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/ • Docs • Guide is a living document and up to date on GitHub • Not just Elasticsearch core - covers Logstash & Kibana, plugins, etc. • Documentation patches welcome & encouraged via pull requests • Translations forthcoming • Submit a pull request to get your plugin listed in the online guide
13. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Peer to Peer Knowledge Sharing http://www.elasticsearch.com/community/meetups/ & more • User Groups: Organize, Speak, Attend, Share • Speaking? Let us know! • IRC Support • Guest blog posts welcome
14. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Questions & Your Feedback Praise and Pain Points, please! Leslie Hawthorn Director of Developer Relations leslie.hawthorn@elasticsearch.com @lhawthorn
15. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. Thank You for Attending! Leslie Hawthorn Director of Developer Relations leslie.hawthorn@elasticsearch.com @lhawthorn
16. Copyright Elasticsearch 2014. Copying, publishing and/or distributing without written permission is strictly prohibited. The Legal Bits Copyright & Photo Credits • This presentation is copyright Elasticsearch Inc. You are welcome to use it for presentations to your local user group - contact the creator, Leslie Hawthorn, for an editable copy. • The images in this presentation are copyright their respective owners and are used under a Creative Commons license. • Lightbulbs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grafixer/3180236074/ • Earth image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cote/67919646/ • Shay Banon image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/der-rich/5493859780/ • The cover photo of the Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide is copyright O’Reilly Media and used with permission.