4 steps in the process: Create ec2 instance for Elasticsearch and Kibana, validate networking settings Install ELK oss versions on ec2 instance (no Logstash, just Elasticsearch and Kibana) Set up logging on Elastic Beanstalk via Filebeats Configure Kibana I’ll be installing Elasticsearch and Kibana on an external instance. Logstash and/or Filebeats will live on the Elastic Beanstalk instances forwarding logs to Elasticsearch. Kibana will be on the same instance as