Logz.io - Log Analysis

On this page, you will find a wide range of articles describing and detailing log analysis tools, methodologies, and best practices.

DevOps
Observability and Zero Trust Security are two sides of the same coin

How Log Analytics Improves Your Zero Trust Security Model

Over the past few years, cloud computing has passed through its hype and early-adopter phases. Now we...

Bruno Amaro Almeida
Bruno Amaro Almeida
Oct 17th, 2019
DevOps

Logs to Monitor for Security Analytics

Which logs should you track for effective security? We examine the top logs to monitor for security...

Evan Klein
Evan Klein
Jul 15th, 2019
DevOps

Migrating to a new log management system

So you've successfully identified a log management system that fits your organization's needs. Here's how to get...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Mar 27th, 2019
DevOps
log management solution

6 Things to consider when choosing a log management solution

There are many requirements you should put on your checklist when searching for a log management solution....

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Feb 28th, 2019
DevOps

The Challenge of Log Management in Modern IT Environments

As modern IT environments have evolved to become increasingly complex, new challenges in log management have developed....

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Jan 24th, 2019
DevOps

Using Audit Logs for Security and Compliance

Audit logs capture events, showing “who” did “what” activity and “how” the system behaved. Here's how to...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Oct 15th, 2018
News
AIOps

How you can take back control over your log analytics with AI

Gartner named Logz.io a Cool Vendor in Performance Analysis, AIOps Focus. Find out why our technology is...

Lauren Sirt
Lauren Sirt
May 21st, 2018
DevOps
fluent bit

A Fluent Bit Tutorial: Shipping to Elasticsearch

Fluent Bit is an open source log shipper and processor that collects data from multiple sources and...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Updated on: Aug 11, 2020
News
markers

Combining Log Analysis with Continuous Delivery to Reduce Release Cycle Times

Logz.io's Markers were created to help you connect the dots and understand the underlying story of your...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
May 3rd, 2018
Community
account utilization

Enhancing Account Utilization with Logz.io

Gain insight into your account utilization to better manage and optimize your data storage rates and save...

Greg Loucas
Greg Loucas
Mar 1st, 2018
DevOps
kubernetes_for_mac

Using Kubernetes with Docker for Mac

The release of Kubernetes on Docker is a real game-changer. We review this new release and take...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Updated on: Apr 17, 2020
ELK Stack
runkeeper___elk_stack

Analyzing Runkeeper Data with the ELK Stack

Want to track your fitness goals and make your 2018 new year’s resolution a success? Here’s how...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Jan 4th, 2018
ELK Stack
Jenkins ELK

Jenkins Log Analysis with the ELK Stack

Jenkins is one of the most widely-used open-source continuous integration tools. Here's how to create a logging...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Dec 27th, 2017
ELK Stack
azure nsg

Azure Network Security Group (NSG) Flow Logs Analysis with the ELK Stack

A comprehensive guide on how to measure traffic coming in and out of the Azure Cloud with...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Nov 8th, 2017
Cloud

AWS CloudTrail Log Analysis with the ELK Stack

CloudTrail is crucial for monitoring your AWS-based IT environment. The data contains valuable information that can be...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Apr 26th, 2017
Cloud
elb log analysis elk stack

AWS ELB Log Analysis with the ELK Stack

Elastic Load Balancers allow AWS users to distribute traffic across EC2 instances. You can use ELK to...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Mar 28th, 2017
ELK Stack
vpc log files

VPC Flow Log Analysis with the ELK Stack

Logs in CloudWatch can be searched, but there is no easy way to properly visualize and analyze...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Mar 8th, 2017
DevOps
log analytics machine learning

A Machine Learning Approach to Log Analytics

Supervised machine learning is one of the most powerful tools in the data scientist's toolbox, and now...

Tomer Levy
Tomer Levy
Jan 19th, 2017
DevOps

Log Correlation with Logz.io and Datadog

How to create an alert in Logz.io for a specific Elasticsearch query, ingest the alert with the...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Dec 15th, 2016
DevOps
server logs

Server Log Analysis with the ELK Stack

Why do you need server log analysis? Find out how to use the ELK Stack to extract...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Updated on: Apr 9, 2018
ELK Stack
sysdig elk stack

Sysdig and ELK: A Match (Potentially) Made in Heaven

Sysdig monitors Linux systems and containers, but it can generate thousands of log messages per minute. The...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Oct 19th, 2016
Cloud
amazon ecs logging part two

Amazon EC2 Container System (ECS) Log Analysis – Part 2

In the prior post, we saw how to log ECS container API actions with CloudTrail and ELK....

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Oct 13th, 2016
DevOps
nginx dashboard

Building an NGINX Access Log Monitoring Dashboard

NGINX access logs contain a wealth of information that when monitored efficiently, can provide a clear picture...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Sep 20th, 2016
Cloud

Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) Log Analysis

How to establish a pipeline of logs from ECS to CloudTrail to an S3 bucket and then...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Aug 25th, 2016
DevOps

Apache Log Analysis with Logz.io

Apache log analysis is nowhere near as popular as the server itself because of the large amount...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Aug 22nd, 2016
ELK Stack
cloudfront elk

CloudFront Log Analysis Using the Logz.io ELK Stack

CloudFront log analysis is a significant challenge for detecting and mitigating CDN performance issues. The answer is...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Aug 9th, 2016
ELK Stack
kubernetes log analysis

Kubernetes Log Analysis with Fluentd, Elasticsearch and Kibana

Logging is a major challenge with any large deployment on platforms like Kubernetes. Use Fluentd, Elasticsearch, and...

Roi Ravhon
Roi Ravhon
Jul 25th, 2016
ELK Stack

A Drupal Log Analysis Tutorial

To analyze Drupal logs, you need to centralize all log data streams, query this data to identify...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Jul 19th, 2016
Webinars

End-to-End Log Analytics in 5 Minutes

Find out how to set up a complete, end-to-end log analytics operation to monitor your environment in...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
May 24th, 2016
ELK Stack
logz.io elk stack and slack

Interpreting Your Slack Data With the ELK Stack

Why should you use ELK to analyze your business communications in Slack? Three of the many uses...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
May 17th, 2016
News

The Animosity Index: What Big Data Reveals About #TheDonald

After analyzing millions of tweets, the Logz.io 2016 U.S. Election Real-Time Dashboard analyzes where tweeps stand on...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
May 9th, 2016
ELK Stack

Heroku Log Analysis with the ELK Stack

Heroku's logging system is extremely robust and aggregates application, system & API logs into one central stream....

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Apr 25th, 2016
ELK Stack

How to Analyze Salesforce Data with the ELK Stack

By ingesting Salesforce data into ELK, sales and marketing teams can perform deep analyses of numerous cross-team...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Apr 19th, 2016
ELK Stack

AWS Log Analysis with the ELK Stack

Amazon Web Services log data is an extremely valuable resource that can be used to gain insight...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Apr 13th, 2016
ELK Stack

MySQL Log Analysis with the ELK Stack

Analyzing query performance can help to determine causes of database bottlenecks. In the case of MySQL, one...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Mar 21st, 2016
ELK Stack

Apache Log Analyzer: Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana

It’s no secret that Apache is the most popular web server in use today. Here is the...

Daniel Berman
Daniel Berman
Mar 7th, 2016
ELK Stack

How to Monitor HAProxy with the ELK Stack

The Logz.io guide to log management on the popular HAProxy open source TCP/HTTP reverse proxy load-balancing software.

Baptiste Assmann
Baptiste Assmann
Mar 2nd, 2016
ELK Stack
companies that use the elk stack

These 15 Tech Companies Chose the ELK Stack Over Proprietary Logging Software

As part of the widespread movement towards open source software, the ELK Stack has become the most...

Samuel Scott
Samuel Scott
Feb 17th, 2016
ELK Stack

IIS Log Analyzer: Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana

Logstash and Elasticsearch can collect, parse, and store IIS logs. Then, Kibana can create visualizations to help...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Updated on: Feb 25, 2020
ELK Stack
visualize cloudtrail data

How to Integrate AWS CloudTrail and the ELK Stack

Amazon Web Services' CloudTrail feature complements the logging of our environment’s activity with the ELK Stack. Here's...

Asaf Yigal
Asaf Yigal
Jul 16th, 2015
DevOps

How to Use Log Analysis in Technical SEO

Your log files contain the only data that is 100% accurate in terms of how search engines...

Samuel Scott
Samuel Scott
May 26th, 2015