At the end of November, we’ll be migrating the Sematext Logs backend from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch

Logging

Log4j Tutorial: How to Configure the Logger for Efficient Java Logging [Example]

Getting visibility into your application is crucial when running your code in production. What do we mean by visibility? Primarily things like application performance via metrics, application health, and availability,

Node.js Error Handling Made Easy: Best Practices On Just About Everything You Need to Know

Don't you hate it when you see an uncaughtException error pop up and crash your Node.js app? Yeah... I feel you. Can anything be worse? Oh yeah, sorry, unhandledRejection I

Solr Performance: Troubleshooting Solr Slow Queries Using Logs and Metrics

Let's say you get an alert that one or more queries is slow. Or that your users complain, whichever comes first 🙂  We've all been there… How do you find

Introducing MinIO Support in Sematext

Sematext Logs is a Log Management-as-a-service. Think of it as your own central location for logs in the cloud. If you prefer or need to keep logs in your own

Node.js Logging Tutorial: How to Check, Write & Debug [Best Practices]

Building SaaS products is hard. Making customers happy is even harder. I should know, I've built a start-up that failed! But, not everything is that bad. I learned a lot.

Understanding Logging Levels: What They Are & How To Use Them

Making sense out of logs is not an easy task. Log management solutions gather and accept data from multiple sources. Those sources can have different log structures, providing a different

What Is Log Analysis: Definition, Logging Use Cases & How-to Guide

Logs are one of the most valuable assets when it comes to IT system management and monitoring. As they record every action that took place on your network, logs provide

Java Logging Best Practices: 10+ Tips You Should Know to Get the Most Out of Your Logs

Having visibility into your Java application is crucial for understanding how it works right now, how it worked some time in the past and increasing your understanding of how it

What Are Linux Logs & How to Check Them: Logging Basics Explained with Examples

TL;DR note: if you want the bzip2 -9 version of this post, scroll down to the very last section for some quick pointers. If you want to learn a bit

Tutorial: Logging with journald

I'm sure you bumped into journald: it's what most distros use by default for system logging in Linux. Most applications running as a service will also log to the journal.