Log Aggregation

Log aggregation, or centralized logging, is the practice of shipping log data from every host, container and application to a shared system. An agent or forwarder on each machine reads log files or streams, optionally parses and enriches them, and sends them to a store with search and retention features.

Why it matters

With dozens of servers or short-lived containers, logging in to each machine is impractical, and logs are lost when a container is deleted or a server dies. Central storage allows one query to follow a request through several services, supports alerts on log patterns and provides evidence for audits and postmortems. Access can also be controlled in one place.

Example

A simple pipeline:

app -> JSON log lines -> forwarder (Fluent Bit/Filebeat/Vector)
    -> storage and search (Loki/Elasticsearch/other)
    -> query: level=error AND service=checkout AND request_id=a91f3c

Adding service, environment and request_id fields makes the logs useful across systems.

Common mistakes

• Logging unstructured text that is hard to parse.
• Keeping everything forever. Set retention by value and legal requirements.
• Sending sensitive data to a third-party service without checking policy.
• Not alerting when log shipping itself stops.

Related

• Logs
• Observability
• Container
• Dead man's switch

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