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Course Glossary
Lightweight Agent
A data collection program installed on a host system, designed to consume minimal resources (CPU, RAM). Example: Filebeat, Promtail.
Heavyweight Agent
A collection program equipped with extensive local features (processing, filtering, buffering) that consumes more system resources. Example: Logstash.
Beats
Lightweight data shippers (like Filebeat, Metricbeat, etc.) installed on servers to collect and send various types of operational data (logs, metrics)...
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