What is Graylog?
Graylog is an open source log management and analysis platform optimized for high volumes of machine-generated data. It collects, indexes, and analyzes log messages, events, and other time-series data from various systems and applications.
Some key features and capabilities of Graylog include:
- Real-time processing and analysis of log data as it is generated
- Flexible extraction and parsing of log message content using regular expressions
- Enrich logged data with contextual metadata for better analysis
- Interactive search interface with filtering, highlighting, and pivot functionality
- Customizable dashboards for data visualization and metrics monitoring
- Configurable alerts and notifications based on log data
- Role-based access control and interfaces for API/SDK integration
- Scalable architecture designed for high data volumes by leveraging Elasticsearch and MongoDB
Graylog is commonly used for centralized logging in IT environments, log analysis in security and compliance use cases, and monitoring and visibility of microservice-based architectures. It complements SIEM and other log analytics solutions.