Logstash is an open server-side program for Windows that serves as a data processing pipeline. Basically, the tool ingests information from multiple sources, transforms it, and then sends it to your stash.

General notes

The software solution dynamically loads, modifies and ships yout data regardless of its format and complexity. This means, you have the ability to derive structure from unstructured sets with grok, decipher geo coordinates from IP addresses, anonymize or exclude sensitive fields, as well as ease overall processing.

Ingest data

Since data is available across many systems in many formats, the program supports a variety of inputs that pull events from multiple common sources. Thus, you can easily ingest from your logs, metrics, web applications, data stores, AWS services and more.

Transform

As data is being transferred from source to your storage, the utility filter parses each event. Then, it identifies named fields to build structure, and transforms to a common format.

Plugin framework

Similar to Elasticsearch, Logstash comes with a pluggable framework featuring over two hundred plugins. You have the ability to mix, match and configure different filters, inputs and outputs to work in coordination.

Features

free to download and use;
compatible with modern Windows versions;
gives you the ability to process and store data;
you can ingest logs, metrics, AWS services and more;
it is possible to configure different filters.