ELK STACK IMPLEMENTATION ON WINDOWS

Step 1: I have downloaded Logstash, Kibana and ElasticSearch on one Windows server. From
below mentioned website .
http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/elkdownloads/
Logstash: https://download.elasticsearch.org/logstash/logstash/logstash-1.4.2.zip
Kibana: https://download.elasticsearch.org/kibana/kibana/kibana-3.1.0.zip
Elasticsearch: https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch1.2.1.zip
Step 2: Extracted all packages
I created myself a folder called Mathan in c:\Mathan\ and extracted all folders there to make
it easier.
So, for me it looks like this now:
c:\Mathan\elasticsearch
c:\Mathan\kibana
c:\Mathan\logstash
Step 3: Downloaded the JDK version of Java and installed .
Went to the Java website: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8downloads-2133151.html
Accept the license and then downloaded : Windows x64 (jdk-8u5-windows-x64.exe) package.
Step 4: I have set the JDK environment variable .
Variable value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_05
Step 5:Opened a console and went to c:\Mathan\elasticsearch\bin\
typed the following command:
service install

Service has been installed successfully .

Now I typed the following:
service manager

We should see the elasticsearch service manager:

I have changed on the tab the Startup type from Manual to Automatic and then pressed
Apply. This should make Elasticsearch start automatically on server boot.

This is everything to start ElasticSearch automatically on boot. To test that it is working, opened
a browser and went to this url: http ://127.0.0.1:9200/

Step 6: Installing Logstash

In order to create a proper Windows service, I downloaded NSSM (the Non-Sucking Service
Manager) from: http://nssm.cc/
http://nssm.cc/release/nssm-2.23.zip

I have unzipped it and copied the file from the unzipped folder to
C:\Mathan\logstash\bin so it should result in we having C:\Mathan\logstash\bin\nssm.exe.
Now open a Command Prompt and type:
cd C:\Mathan\logstash\bin

And then typed the following:

nssm install logstash

Logstash service installed and started successfully .

Step 7 : Configuring Kibana ( I am not aware how to configure kibana json
file depends upon our requirement )
Step 8 : I have Downloaded the required configuration files from the below
mentioned link.
https://gist.github.com/robinsmidsrod/4215337

Placed this file in:

C:\Mathan \logstash\bin
Currently I am testing with 3 windows servers
Nxlog has been configured on remaining 2 windows client servers .
Please see my current setup :
1) ELK server (Windows )
2) Client server1 (Windows)
3) Client server 2(Windows)
I am not aware how to proceed further for visualizing event logs in kibana dashboard . Kindly
help .