This blog post, part of a series on Elastic SIEM for home and small business, provides detailed instructions on installing and configuring Auditbeat, Filebeat, and Packetbeat on a CentOS system for data collection purposes. The guide emphasizes the use of these tools to monitor user activities, processes, log files, and network data on Linux systems, and outlines the process for setting up the necessary repositories and configurations. The author also highlights the importance of configuring logging, especially when using the GeoIP ingest processor, and addresses potential issues such as the GeoIP processor's inability to handle IP address arrays, suggesting workarounds and providing links to relevant GitHub issues. Additionally, the post offers insights into configuring common Beats settings and modules, such as the auditd and system modules for Filebeat, and underscores the broader aim of the series to create a simple yet robust security solution suitable for home or small business environments.