Step by step guide on how to setup a complete centralized logging architecture with syslog on Linux. Includes TLS and memory queues.

The content of this blog is tailored towards insights into my experiences in solving problems as a system admin.

Learn about the most common log levels and how they work. Best practices on when and how to use them to control log output and filter alerts.

The Elastic Stack is often used for centralized logging in complex and distributed deployments. Timestamps are the foundation of log event correlation, so let's look at best practices to get them righ...

Edited by Mitchell
I’m knee-deep in some log refactoring on my current project, which is something that I’ve done now on several projects. This is one of my favorite ways to become familiar with a new code base, since it typically touches all of the code.…