April 8, 2011
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Syslog is an entrenched standard for distributed logging, but there are other, more modern options as well. Splunk, fast becoming a indispensable tool for anyone running a large software service, can accept syslog; but it also has its own custom protocol which offers additional features like authentication and encryption. Scribe is another example of a modern logging protocol.
(Full Story: Logs Are Streams, Not Files)
March 22, 2011
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Greplin Exception Catcher (GEC) – Exception collection and aggregation built on Google App Engine.
(Full Story: Greplin Exception Catcher – GitHub)
February 28, 2011
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Graylog2 a slick log management, monitoring, and alerting tool powered by Java, Ruby, and MongoDB, performs these well. Graylog consists of a Java server that collects your logging data and stuffs it into MongoDB and a Ruby on Rails web interface for searching, filtering, and graphing that data.
(Full Story: Graylog2: Java, Ruby, MongoDB-powered log management, monitoring, and alerting)
