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HAProxy is one of today’s fastest and most widely used load balancing solutions. If you’re already using HAProxy or considering using it in your environment, understanding HAProxy logging is essential. Let’s discuss why HAProxy logging is vital to the load balancer implementation, the logging HAProxy offers, and how to manage and configure HAProxy logs to suit your unique needs.

If your system keeps crashing and you have no clue why, Ubuntu’s crash logs might have the answers. Whether you’re running a production server or just trying to keep your personal setup stable, these logs tell you exactly what went wrong. Instead of sifting through endless system logs, Ubuntu gives you focused crash reports—kind of like a security camera that only records when something breaks. Let’s break down where to find these logs and how to make sense of them.

Splunk is excited to provide fine-grained authorization for Knowledge Objects starting with Saved Searches. Saved Searches are the most used Knowledge Object (KOs), and admins spend the most time delegating access to users for Saved Searches.

Open-source log management tools provide cost-effective, customizable approaches for collecting and analyzing log data. They help teams quickly identify patterns, spot anomalies, and resolve issues. With numerous options available, it's important to understand their strengths and limitations. This article examines the top open-source log management tools in 2025, focusing on their capabilities, performance, and best use cases.

Observability metrics provide insights into the performance, behavior, and health of applications, systems, and infrastructure — enabling observability practices, which is how a system’s internal state is understood by examining its data. As organizations continue to collect more and more data, observability metrics are a key telemetry signal for observability.