Tag: ELKStack

Handling the Dynamic Pruning Failure in Cardinality Aggregations in Elasticsearch
Handling the Dynamic Pruning Failure in Cardinality Aggregations in Elasticsearch

When working with Elasticsearch, you may encounter the following error during complex queries involving cardinality aggregations: This error typically occurs when Elasticsearch’s dynamic pruning mechanism, designed to optimize aggregation queries, struggles to handle high cardinality (i.e., a large number of unique terms or values). Let’s dive into what this means and how to resolve it. […]

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Calculating Session Duration in Logstash Using Ruby
Calculating Session Duration in Logstash Using Ruby

When processing event streams with Logstash, you may encounter a need to calculate the duration of a session — the difference between its start and end times. This is a common scenario when analyzing time-sensitive data.Logstash provides the flexibility to perform such operations by embedding custom Ruby code into your pipeline configuration. Here’s how you […]

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Elastic for Security Analysts. Part 1: Searching Strings.
Elastic for Security Analysts. Part 1: Searching Strings.

Purpose: With Elastic increasing their foothold in the cybersecurity space through the speed and scalability of their solution, we expect more new Elastic users. These users will approach Elastic armed with an intuition built from experience with other platforms and SIEMs. Often this intuition will be directly challenged after a few searches in Elastic. The […]

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