Q3 was a big quarter for Papertrail. You can now ask questions about your logs in plain English, explore structured logs by field, inspect any single log event in detail, and archive to your own S3 bucket with a setup that keeps you in control of access. We also shipped a round of smaller improvements…
It is 2 a.m., and something is wrong. The answer is somewhere in your logs, but finding it means guessing keywords, remembering search syntax, and scrolling through thousands of lines. Your systems keep growing, so you have more data than ever and less clarity when it counts. Today, we are bringing the AI assistant, the…
Most growing teams eventually consolidate onto a full observability platform, and for teams correlating logs, metrics, and traces across a complex system, that's often the right call. But a dedicated log tool still wins for a specific set of teams: ones that need to move fast, keep costs simple, and get real answers from logs…
While Kubernetes aims to streamline containerized application management, its multi-layered architecture creates potential points of failure. Problems in any of these layers can manifest as application crashes, resource overutilization, or failed deployments, making cluster maintenance a persistent challenge.
Sending server logs to Papertrail over Syslog takes one setup command, and running it needs admin access: sudo on Linux, or Administrator rights on Windows. If you started a free trial but don't have that access here are instructions to get your logs flowing. Copy your setup command, send it to a teammate who has…
When signing up for SolarWinds® Papertrail™, you’ll see an option to choose where your data is stored. What does this mean? What should you consider when choosing a data center location? In this blog, we’ll explore how you can determine where to store your data. First off, the region you choose is the physical location…
Last updated: September 2024 In a perfect world, there wouldn’t be any errors or bugs in production applications. However, we don’t live in a perfect world, and from experience, you know there is no such thing as a bug-free application. If you are using the Laravel framework, you can leverage its log tracking and error…
New reverse tail UI, API-based searches, and copy-paste permalinks Searching event data in SolarWinds® Observability just got easier. A new reverse tail display option lets you move the log search bar and change the scroll of the events from bottom to top. For SolarWinds Papertrail™ fans, moving the search bar and changing the scroll will make…
Node.js was introduced over 20 years ago and remains a popular choice for web application teams with over 30 million users. Sites such as Netflix, PayPal, and Uber continue to rely on Node.js to build and maintain their applications.
SolarWinds® Observability now brings more intelligence to issue identification to help you troubleshoot smarter and faster. When an entity alert is triggered, Log Patterns automates an AIOps / ML-based analysis of events surrounding the triggering event.
We are excited to unveil the next generation of SolarWinds® Papertrail™, SolarWinds Observability SaaS logging. More powerful and faster than ever, the next generation of Papertrail, SolarWinds Observability SaaS logging aggregates log data from applications, services, infrastructure, databases, and network devices across both cloud-based and on-premise systems.
Infrastructure is a complex and difficult concept for developers. When an issue occurs, where do you even begin to look? I’ve spent years of my life playing the “What looks like one but not like the other” game, wrestling with confirmation bias and hunting through haystacks of logs to find a clue to my hosted…
Serverless architectures such as AWS Lambda have created new challenges in debugging code. Without a solid logging framework in place, you could waste precious hours tracking down simple defects in your functions. A strategic logging framework can be a powerful way to track down and resolve bugs. Let’s walk through how to get the most…
Cloud platforms like Render have made developers’ lives easier by handling many of the underlying infrastructure concerns. You can deploy web services, spin up databases, and schedule cron jobs without ever setting up a server manually. However, this convenience comes with a challenge: Accessing logs across these disparate services takes time and effort.
