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Cloud Foundry Summit, Google Cloud Next, Container World, DockerCon and more

April was one of our busiest and exciting month of events so far. Here’s a recap of where we were, what we saw and where you can catch us next. While writing this, we are on the road at both DockerCon and Open Infrastructure Summit so if you are there, don’t hesitate to find our pink shirts to meet us and get a demo!

Chef Server Logging with the ELK Stack - Part 1

How many recipes do you have in your cookbook? This isn’t off topic, for today I’ll be exploring the ins and outs of Chef logging to help you maintain the state of your kitchen. (Last of the bad puns.) For those unfamiliar, Chef is a configuration management and platform automation tool that sits in the same space as Puppet (which we wrote about previously).

How to collect, customize, and analyze PHP logs

PHP logs are not just about errors. You can use logs to track the performance of API calls and function calls, or to count the occurrence of significant events in your applications (e.g., logins, signups, and downloads). Whether you’re operating a microservices architecture or a monolith, implementing a comprehensive PHP logging strategy will allow you to track critical changes in your applications and optimize their performance.

We're an April 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for SIEM-thanks to you!

We’re happy to announce that ManageEngine is an April 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). While Gartner analysts recognized ManageEngine in its Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management * for three consecutive years, this Customers’ Choice distinction makes us even more proud because we see it as proof that our customers are happy with the technology we provide.

Open Distro for Elasticsearch: What it Means and Why it's Important

Recently Amazon launched Open Distro for Elasticsearch, a distribution of Elasticsearch with a number of additional features. The project was created out of concern that Elasticsearch was starting to include proprietary features, and that Elastic was straying from its open source roots.

Control Your Data Flow with Ingest Budgets

We are pleased to announce the release of Ingest Budgets, a new feature which enables our users to track and control how much data is ingested into Sumo Logic and avoid overages in environments where data ingestion can spike unexpectedly. With Ingest Budgets, users can create budgets with ingestion thresholds that either cap data ingestion to a daily limit or simply alert whenever the threshold is exceeded.

Splunk Cloud vs. Loggly: 2019 Speed Test

The core ability to search through logs quickly and intuitively is the most important feature a log management system brings to the table. Being able to quickly and efficiently search through logs generated by an infrastructure stack allows DevOps professionals to rapidly find and address problems, as well as confirm deployments and configuration changes. Because raw speed has such a direct impact on the usefulness of these products, we will compare to see which performs the best.