Welcome to the last monthly product newsletter from the year 2022. The month of December ended on a high note for the team at SigNoz. An amazing team workation in Goa was all we could ask for to end the year in which we shipped consistently and made SigNoz better with constant user inputs. Our latest release comes equipped with better scaling capabilities and improved user experience. Let’s dive in to see what humans at SigNoz were up to in the month of December 2022.

Logs are useful for troubleshooting and identifying issues in applications, as they provide a record of events and activities. However, managing log data can be challenging due to the large volume of log events generated by modern applications, as well as the need to balance the level of detail in the logs and the impact on the application's performance.

Application performance monitoring (APM) solutions are a crucial tool for modern software companies in 2023. They offer invaluable insights into application performance, including response times, error rates, and more. But are they worth the investment? In this article, we'll dive deep into the economics of application monitoring, including the costs, benefits, and potential ROI.

We are thrilled to announce that ManageEngine has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2022 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Application Performance Monitoring and Observability report for the fourth time in a row. “We believe this recognition is a testament to our customer-first mentality. For us, appreciation from our customers is one of the greatest compliments we can receive.

Syslog is an important messaging protocol in computing systems where it is used to send system logs or event messages to a specific server. In Python, you can either use the syslog module or the logging module to collect and send syslogs to a central server. Logging is important to audit and debug your software. You can set logging to your running application to help monitor its behavior locally or system-wide. In this tutorial, we will learn how to configure logging to syslog in Python.

A business without an application performance monitoring tool runs the risk of losing customers fast. At the core of ensuring the best possible application for their customers is the use of performance tools. The metrics that monitoring tools provide will give an insight into how the web application will behave. With the use of APM tools, DevOps teams know when an issue arises and how to fix it. They also find out what risks are there so they can tackle them before it wreaks havoc in their systems.

NGINX is a prominent web server, reverse proxy server, and mail proxy utilized by many websites and applications to serve content to their users. One important aspect of managing a web server is logging, which refers to the process of recording information about the server's activity and performance. In NGINX, logging is done using the error_log and access_log directives. error_log directive specifies the file where NGINX should log errors.

Syslog is a standard for message logging that allows devices such as routers, switches, and servers to send event messages to a central log server. The messages sent by these devices are known as syslog messages and include information such as the date, time, device hostname, and message content. Syslog was originally developed as a part of the BSD operating system, but many other operating systems and network devices have since adopted it.

A logs UI is a user interface for displaying log data. Logs are records of events that happen on a computer system, such as messages indicating that a particular operation has been performed or an error has occurred. A logs UI typically allows a user to view and search through log data and may also provide features such as filtering and highlighting to help the user find specific log entries of interest.

Logging as a service (LAAS) is a type of cloud computing service that allows organizations to store and manage their log data in a central location. This type of service typically includes features such as centralized storage, real-time analytics, and search capabilities, as well as tools for visualizing and analyzing log data. Logs help you debug and troubleshoot your applications. They are also useful for other purposes like auditing and compliance, performance monitoring, and security.