Logs are crucial for understanding what’s happening inside your virtual server cluster. While most applications have a built-in logging mechanism out of the box, in a distributed and containerised environment (like Kubernetes), users will be better off with a centralised logging solution.

This is because they need to collect logs from several applications with different log formats and send them to a server-side log for subsequent storage, processing, and analysis.

What problems can arise if there is no centralised approach to log management?

Managing logs in a distributed and containerised environment is not easy

Collecting and analysing the logs of all applications and services running on a Kubernetes cluster is not easy. Log volumes can grow rapidly and become unmanageable. Teams that lack scalable logging solutions run the risk of losing critical logs during a peak.

Collecting, storing, and analysing data can be challenging

Configuring, managing, and scaling ELK technologies (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana) to meet your logging needs is a complex task that requires a lot of time and effort. This can distract your team from other priorities.

Visual analysis capabilities are limited.

Teams often use several open-source tools to render their logs. Plus, the lack of integrated collaboration tools makes the entire process slow and complex.

Tenendo experts offer a managed service for centralised logging management. While you concentrate on your highest business priorities, we help consolidate all your logs in one place, access them through a web interface, and control their access according to your organisation’s policies. Using our extensive experience with the ELK stack, we make Kubernetes logging very easy, secure, and reliable.