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Types of Log Management Tools and How to Choose the Best Solution

As any business running microservices, containerized applications, networking devices, or multiple servers knows, it’s important to get a centralized log management system that fits your company’s unique needs. The best log management solution should empower your business to gain insights, resolve production issues quickly, streamline your DevOps and IT teams, and allow you to work more efficiently.

The Differences Between Monitoring Containerized Apps and Non-Containerized Apps

Containers provide a nifty solution to package up applications along with their dependencies, and for the whole encapsulated process to be run on a host system. This technology is undeniably popular due to its ability to allow developers to create flexible, scalable, reliable solutions in a quicker amount of time. It has enabled more freedom in choosing the technology we use in our applications and has brought development and production environments closer to parity.

5 Splunk Alternatives - Faster, Affordable Log Management Solutions

Since its first release in 2007, Splunk quickly became one of the leading log management solutions. Its focus on enterprise grade log analysis and security incident and event management (SIEM) made it the de facto choice for organizations generating large volumes of log files and machine data. But over the past decade, the log management landscape has changed drastically.

The Future of DevOps Observability: The Evolution of Logging, Monitoring and Metrics

LogDNA is uniquely positioned to have enabled thousands of customers to gain deep insights into their DevOps infrastructure. As the industry has shifted to microservices and Kubernetes we have helped our customers migrate and deploy world-class infrastructure. Based on our experience we see three main pillars when it comes to the future of DevOps: Monitoring, Analytics, and Logging.

How to Start Logging & Invite Team Members in LogDNA's Log Management System

LogDNA is the easiest, fastest log management tool available. Our head of DevOps Ryan Staatz showcases how to get started with LogDNA, ingest logs from numerous platforms - Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Syslog, etc., then add team members to join a central organization for centralized log management and analysis.