ZScaler delivers a suite of well-regarded products for helping IT securely move from network infrastructure to the cloud, using principles of zero trust. According to their website, they have 5,600+ customers and process 200B+ daily transactions.

This is Part One of a series of blogs around troubleshooting Cribl Stream. Part One will focus on identifying and troubleshooting issues with Sources and Destinations in Stream. I will cover some of the common problems that users face and how you can work through them and find the root cause.

Greetings Criblers! We’re introducing a new series by the Criblers, for the Criblers called How I Stream! Each month (maybe more frequently–you, too can be featured, share your insights here), we’ll share a quick profile from one of our community GOATS (Greatest of All Time Streamers) sharing use cases and lessons learned. Our first guest goes by Hobbit in the community.

Last week, an article from SiliconAngle came out detailing the challenges facing cybersecurity professionals. Companies are in desperate need of solutions to deal with cloud-native applications that exist in fast-paced environments. The security and IT teams monitoring these applications need scalable and flexible solutions that drive actionable insights. That’s why we built Cribl Stream.

I’ve been in the log data analytics space for years, and I have loved seeing the technology and methodologies change and evolve. One of my favorite changes has been the emergence of index-less solutions, and Humio has a great solution here. If you haven’t heard of Humio, you should check out their index-less log management solution for yourself (free up to 16 GB/day too).