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Introducing Cribl Stream

It took THREE rounds of approvals to say what we’re about to say: We’re dropping a Log 😳. Yes, we said it: we’re dropping the Log in LogStream. Cribl LogStream is now known as Cribl Stream to reflect the enhanced functionality it delivers. LogStream already processed a lot more than just Logs, so it’s now known as Cribl Stream. Today’s announcement isn’t just about a name change, though.

Centralized Log Management and NIST Cybersecurity Framework

It was just another day in paradise. Well, it was as close to paradise as working in IT can be. Then, your boss read about another data breach and started asking questions about how well you’re managing security. Unfortunately, while you know you’re doing the day-to-day work, your documentation has fallen by the wayside. As much as people are loathed to admit it, this is where compliance can help.

How to Get Started with Heroku Logging

Heroku is a platform for deploying, running, and managing applications, which is written in a variety of programming languages, including Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and others. Heroku's goal is to free you up to focus on your applications rather than infrastructure management. Logging is usually included in infrastructure management. Heroku provides a high-level log maintenance tool. In this Heroku logging article, we'll learn how to get the most out of Heroku logs.

SRE Metrics: Four Golden Signals of Monitoring

SRE (site reliability engineering) is a discipline used by software engineering and IT teams to proactively build and maintain more reliable services. SRE is a functional way to apply software development solutions to IT operations problems. From IT monitoring to software delivery to incident response – site reliability engineers are focused on building and monitoring anything in production that improves service resiliency without harming development speed.

The Cost of Doing the ELK Stack on Your Own

So, you’ve decided to go with ELK to centralize, manage, and analyze your logs. Wise decision. The ELK Stack is now the world’s most popular log management platform, with millions of downloads per month. The platform’s open source foundation, scalability, speed, and high availability, as well as the huge and ever-growing community of users, are all excellent reasons for this decision.