Log Management Key Features and Technology
The deployment of a Log Management architecture generally involves the following steps:
- Step 1: Define the requirement and goals. Needs can be security log analysis, application problem analysis, or reporting for the purposes of regulatory compliance.
- Step 2: Define the logging framework, log types, and system specification where logs are generated.
- Step 3: Determine what you’re going to use log management for according to your goals. Are you going to collect the logs? Maybe you need to analyze or even report and monitor the logs on remote machine. If you plan on collecting log data, how long will it need to be archived? Is it going to be encrypted? Regulatory compliance may provide specification for such needs.
- Step 4: What information and intelligence are you planning to extract out of your log? End user patterns reports, application problems and more can be taken.
- Step 5: Evaluate technology and vendors solution to select the best fit to your needs. You may also select to build a log management solution internally, leveraging open source solutions. Add a reporting and analysis layer later on for intelligence.
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