Application log aggregation, management and notifications [closed]

Answer 1

We've used MOM with pretty good success since it handles the purging, viewing, and other concerns outside of data entry. The caveat to MOM is that it doesn't do *NIX out of the box(at least the version we have). There are connectors and such. Another option is look into LogLogic. This takes log info from network devices, but has an open web service API that you could tie into. MOM has APIs as well, so you could funnel down to something like LogLogic.

Answer 2

log4net is definitely the place to go for simple logging that outputs to the most common targets. log4net can log to windows eventlog as well as put messages out to db, email or file. It's fairly trivial to setup and the documentation is pretty good.

Answer 3

I'm using log4net and log4view (www.log4view.org). They have a TCP adapter that you can distribute as part of your application. You then use their client app to connect to your various applications and the log messages are displayed in real time.

It can monitor multiple logs at the same time - up to 255 if you but the commercial version (a measly $50).

It can also work with the RollingFileAppender.

They have a pretty powerful filtering UI so you can home in on what you want to look at.

Answer 4

First, use an established and widely used logging framework like log4net or NLog.

Both of the logging frameworks can send log messages to multiple destinations, e.g. to a log file, a network stream (TCP or UDP) or a database.

Then use a log viewer like Log4View to visualize and filter the log messages. If you use Log4View, please make sure that you create XML formatted log files. Although Log4View can also parse (human readable) pattern formatted log files, XML formatted log data is easier to configure and faster to parse.

Answer 5

I think we've got something very close to what you're looking for. logFaces is a log server, aggregator and viewer. It's built particularly for larger distributed applications and multi-user environments. We put together all the good stuff from Apache logging services and made out-of-the-box solution for those who use log4j, log4net, log4cxx or event log4python. logFaces can work with major database brands and will let you quickly dig out the issues from the flood of log data which is very common in large applications. It will also let you see the slices of your system (log-wise) in real-time. There are many more features, feel free to give it a try. If you like I can help you with setup directly, although it's very simple to get started just after watching the demos we have.

Disclosure: I am the author of this product.

Answer 6

We are using ErrorsDigest Simple real time errors aggregation.