@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ the core open source products:
88* <<install-elasticsearch,{es}>>
99* <<install-kibana,{kib}>>
1010* <<install-beats,{beats}>>
11- * <<install-logstash,{ls}>>
11+ * <<install-logstash,{ls} (optional) >>
1212
1313Then you learn how to implement a system monitoring solution that uses
1414{metricbeat} to collect server metrics and ship the data to {es}, where you can
@@ -592,12 +592,13 @@ same server--let's add {ls}.
592592[float]
593593[[install-logstash]]
594594
595- === Install {ls}
595+ === Install {ls} (optional)
596596
597597https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash[{ls}] is a powerful tool that
598598integrates with a wide variety of deployments. It offers a large selection of
599599plugins to help you parse, enrich, transform, and buffer data from a variety of
600- sources.
600+ sources. If your data requires additional processing that is not available in
601+ {beats}, then you need to add {ls} to your deployment.
601602
602603To download and install {ls}, open a terminal window and use the commands that
603604work with your system:
@@ -910,6 +911,13 @@ how, read:
910911* {stack-ov}/elasticsearch-security.html[Securing the {stack}]
911912* {stack-ov}/license-management.html[License Management]
912913
914+ Want to get up and running quickly with infrastructure metrics monitoring and
915+ centralized log analytics? Try out the
916+ {infra-guide}/infrastructure-ui-overview.html[Infrastructure] and
917+ {infra-guide}/logs-ui-overview.html[Logs] UIs
918+ in {kib}. For setup details, see the {infra-guide}/index.html[Infrastructure
919+ Monitoring Guide].
920+
913921Later, when you're ready to set up a production environment, also see the
914922{stack-ref}/installing-elastic-stack.html[{stack} Installation and Upgrade
915923Guide].
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