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Logging as a service (LAAS) is a type of cloud computing service that allows organizations to store and manage their log data in a central location. This type of service typically includes features such as centralized storage, real-time analytics, and search capabilities, as well as tools for visualizing and analyzing log data. Logs help you debug and troubleshoot your applications. They are also useful for other purposes like auditing and compliance, performance monitoring, and security.

A logs UI is a user interface for displaying log data. Logs are records of events that happen on a computer system, such as messages indicating that a particular operation has been performed or an error has occurred. A logs UI typically allows a user to view and search through log data and may also provide features such as filtering and highlighting to help the user find specific log entries of interest.

Syslog is a standard for message logging that allows devices such as routers, switches, and servers to send event messages to a central log server. The messages sent by these devices are known as syslog messages and include information such as the date, time, device hostname, and message content. Syslog was originally developed as a part of the BSD operating system, but many other operating systems and network devices have since adopted it.

Real User Monitoring (RUM) is passive website monitoring that has already been used widely for two decades. Large enterprises adopted it first because they had the capital to deploy their own system. But with RUM solutions, like Uptime.com provides, it is affordable for even small businesses. While this is not a new technology, it is new to those businesses that haven’t used it before.

Businesses around the world are increasingly turning to container technology to streamline the process of deploying and managing complex, cloud native applications. Containers bundle all necessary dependencies into a single package, offering portability, speed, security, scalability, and ease of management, making them the preferred choice over traditional virtual machines (VMs).

NASA’s Nov’16 2022 launch kicked off highly anticipated Artemis 1 mission, sending an uncrewed Orion capsule on a nearly 26-day trek to the moon and back. The Space Launch Systems (SLS) megarocket appeared to perform exactly as planned during the liftoff, and was “simply eye-watering,” said the agency. Drawing analogies, we here at CloudFabrix had our own “Artemis 1 moment”.

Morgan is a popular HTTP logging library for Node.js. It is designed to be a simple and flexible tool for logging HTTP requests and responses in Node.js applications. Using Morgan, you can easily log requests made to your Node.js server, including information such as the request method, the URL of the request, the status code of the response, and the length of the response body. You can also customize the format of the log messages and specify which requests should be logged and which should be ignored.

The rise of modern applications has kicked basic monitoring tools to the curb. With observability, teams can proactively know, in real-time, what’s happening across the entire stack. Observability allows us to take a holistic view of our IT systems and learn about the current state based on the environment and the data it generates. But how do you properly implement observability? Here are 6 guiding principles to make sure your IT and DevOps teams are set up for success.

The Java Management Extensions (JMX) framework is a Java technology that includes tools for managing and monitoring applications, system objects, and service-oriented networks. The JMX framework is designed to simplify the management of local and remote Java applications. The JMX framework introduces the concept of MBeans for real-time management of applications, whereby resources are represented by objects called MBeans (Managed Beans).

If you are like me, I always look forward to reading (here writing) a company's Year in Review and this year is no different. However, as I reflect back on 2022, I realized we achieved a five year anniversary. An anniversary of completing a very big vision of transforming customer’s cloud object storage such as AWS S3 into the first stream-based Search+SQL Analytic Database. Initially providing access via the Elastic (Search) API, then Presto (SQL), at scale and in production.