Elastic Releases Version 6.5 of the Elastic Stack
Summary
6.5 contains the initial release of our Infrastructure solution and a dedicated UI for log viewing, giving observability teams a more efficient and streamlined way of navigating their data.This release also launches a number of highly awaited Kibana features - Canvas, a powerful way for users to build pixel-perfect infographic experiences on live data and Spaces, a new way for users to group and organize their dashboards and visualizations into “spaces”, and secure access by roles like security, operations, finance, and marketing.“6.5 is a MAJOR.MINOR release, showcasing our relentless execution across multiple usage patterns of our technology, as well as foundational product capabilities that are critical across a variety of use cases.”6.5 also includes the first release of Functionbeat, which adds new monitoring capabilities for cloud-based serverless infrastructure like AWS Lambda for collecting data from sources such as CloudWatch Logs and Simple Queue Service (SQS).In 6.5, we released distributed tracing, a beta feature that allows users to string together transactions and visualize the performance of requests as they flow through an organizations infrastructure.