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One of the great things about Logz.io Log Management is that it’s based on the most popular open source logging technology out there: the ELK Stack (click here to view our thoughts and plans on the recent Elastic license). This means Logz.io users get to leverage log shipping and collector options within the rich ELK ecosystem. So how do you know which log shipping technology to use?

If you’re a RabbitMQ user, chances are that you’ve seen queues growing beyond their normal size. This causes messages to get consumed long after they have been published. If you’re familiar with Kafka monitoring, you’ll call it consumer lag, but in RabbitMQ-land it’s often called queue length or queue depth.

In the ultracompetitive times in which we live, organizations must leverage every asset at their disposal if they’re to survive and thrive. Log data is undoubtedly valuable, so having a proper log management strategy in place is vital for any tech team . Unfortunately, implementing a great log management strategy isn’t as easy as it sounds. It involves many factors, including the selection of an adequate tool.

Welcome to part 2 of our blog series, where we go through how to forward container logs from Amazon ECS and Fargate to Splunk. In part 1, "Splunking AWS ECS Part 1: Setting Up AWS And Splunk," we focused on understanding what ECS and Fargate are, along with how to get AWS and Splunk ready for log routing to Splunk’s Data-to-Everything platform.

The HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller publishes two sets of logs: the ingress controller logs and the HAProxy access logs. After you install the HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller, logging jumps to mind as one of the first features to configure. Logs will tell you whether the controller has started up correctly and which version of the controller you’re running, and they will assist in pinpointing any user experience issues.