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How to Monitor Apache Web Server

In order to effectively manage and monitor your infrastructure, a web admin needs clear and transparent information about the types of activity going on within their servers. Server logs provide a documented footprint of all traffic and errors that occur within an environment. Apache has two main log files, Error Logs, and Access Logs.

Apache Error Log & Apache Access Log: Complete Guide to Analyzing and Troubleshooting Apache

+ Bonus: 20 Apache errors – a free checklist Apache error logs and Apache access logs contain valuable data. In this article, we explain how the log files generated by the Apache web server are an important factor in keeping your web sites and apps running 24/7. We show you how to effectively use Apache logs to monitor and troubleshoot Apache log files, to protect and fix your web server. Want to get Apache/Tomcat/Log4J insights right away?

Monitoring GitHub Activity with LogDNA

Source code management (SCM) is a core component of DevOps. In addition to storing and sharing source code, SCM tools maintain an ongoing history of changes. Reviewing this history provides numerous insights into your development process, including: How often code changes are submitted, The impact of changes on application performance, Which changes result in errors, bugs, or broken builds.

Historical data analytics with Logz.io

Have you ever found yourself trying to reconstruct an event from the past only to come up blank because you cannot go so far back in time? If only you could bring back that missing piece of the puzzle! In the world of IT, logs are the way machines and software record events. They help us understand when an event happened, where they happened and most importantly, why they happened.

Software visibility is the key to innovation

Software is eating the world. How we spend time, what we eat, who we meet, how we communicate, where we travel... is defined by the code. Increasingly, software is calling the shots and telling humans what to do. With deep learning, this trend is just going to accelerate. The most powerful companies that used to rule the world with professional, skilled executives are becoming incumbents getting disrupted.

Embrace Data Chaos

The data explosion is here and the complexity can be overwhelming. But there’s opportunity in the chaos and we can help you make the most of it. With Splunk, you can start finding actionable insights in your raw data right away, without cleansing or structuring—even if that data is in motion. Instead of struggling with or trying to fight the chaos, embrace the chaos and put your data to work, with Splunk.