Monitoring pfSense logs using ELK (ElasticSearch 1.7, Logstash 1.5, Kibana 4.1) - PART 1

This post is essentially an updated guide to my previous post [https://elijahpaul.co.uk/monitoring-pfsense-2-1-logs-using-elk-logstash-kibana-elasticsearch/] on monitoring pfSense logs using the ELK [https://www.elastic.co/] stack. Part 1 will cover the instillation and configuration of ELK and Part 2 will cover configuring Kibana 4 to visualize pfSense logs.…