Getting Started With Log Management – DZone Refcardz
Section 1
The Current State of Log Management
The landscape for developing applications has continued to evolve as technology matures into providing dedicated segments focused on handling aspects of the required processing. Aspects like microservices, JavaScript-based client frameworks, containerized strategies, cloud adoption, and Configuration as Code (or “* as Code”) have presented a new reality for the origin of log events and messages.
Each of these aspects can log events as they participate in some form of application service delivery. Without considering a centralized log management solution, those who rely on these very logs to support and maintain applications find themselves at a disadvantage — a disadvantage that can impact the bottom line of those components they support. Unfortunately, the format and structure of these logs vary from one system to the next.