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Nov 23 2017
What is most valuable?
The ability to write custom alerts is key to information security and compliance. Also, I love the improvements I can make on dashboard widgets.How has it helped my organization?
Application event messaging, or logging, until I show an organization the result of seeing the application in real time. Then, I can mentor the importance of a good log event message. To have proper context, logging is more than exception... more»What needs improvement?
The collectors and using sidecar made my life easier from earlier versions. Unfortunately, I have been pulled away from the product, beyond setting up new inputs, defining the alerts. I am currently trying to leverage the API and Graylog... more»Nov 16 2017
What is most valuable?
We are using only a few parts of its functionality. Its most valuable functions for us are: * Log collection * Quick string search in central storage * Message forwarding through the in-built module * Message filters. We need all these... more»How has it helped my organization?
We use this system as a central log collector with the possibility to search through the archive backward for specific string definitions.What needs improvement?
The biggest problem is the collector application, as we wanted to avoid using Graylog Collector Sidecar due to its architecture. It requires connection outside our network during build from source, so we decided instead to use the obsolete... more»
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Mar 04 2018
What is most valuable?
* Searching errors * Alerting through Slack and OpsGenie using their plugins. We run a containerized microservices environment. Being able to set up streams and search for errors and anomalies across hundreds of containers is why a log aggregation platform like Graylog is valuable to us. Allowing us to set up alerts and integrate with platforms we already use,... more»What needs improvement?
Elasticsearch recommendations for tuning could be better. Graylog doesn't have direct support for running the system inside of Kubernetes, so it can be challenging to fill in the gaps and set up containers in a way that is both performant and stable. We ran into problems with Elasticsearch throwing a circuit-breaking exception due to field data size being too... more»Mar 08 2018
What is most valuable?
Real-time UDP/GELF logging and full text-based searching. Since UDP is a stateless, connectionless protocol, it simplifies error handling for the log sender/producer in the event that Graylog is not available. UDP is also a fast and... more»How has it helped my organization?
Logs were previously stored in various database tables. Log consumers were required to write SQL for retrieval, then correlate/join disparate sources by hand. Since most logging fields were not indexed, the retrieval process was painfully slow.What needs improvement?
* Backup and restore functionally for migrating instances. * Dashboard and search analytics (i.e., more complex visualizations and the ability to execute custom Elasticsearch queries would be great). * More flexible alert conditionsFeb 04 2018
What do you think of Graylog?
Improvements to My Organization It is used as a log manager/SIEM. It provides visibility into the infrastructure and security related events. • Valuable Features The most valuable part is an open source. The build is stable and requires little maintenance, even compared to some extremely expensive products. • Room for Improvement There are places which could be improved: Stream alerts Dashboards Parsing. Some places were already improved in 2.4 with the threat intelligence add-on. • Use of Solution Less than one year. • Stability Issues Over six months, I had two similar issues where searches were performed on field "messages". It exhausted all the memory of the ES node causing an ES crash and a Graylog halt. • Scalability Issues We have scaled from a single...Real User
Java Software Developer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 26 2017
What is most valuable?
* Logging aggregation and querying. We have multiple applications, therefore it is no longer feasible to check logs from our file system per each application. * When adopting microservices architecture, centralized logging is a must have.How has it helped my organization?
It has sped up the investigation of incidents.What needs improvement?
The alerting system could be more flexible. It does not allow for definition of different thresholds and alert types of the same streams. It allows different alert types and thresholds for the same stream. E.g., if we have a single stream of... more»
Jan 22 2018
What do you think of Graylog?
Improvements to My Organization This had increased productivity for the dev and support teams, because we are directly notifying them. Now, they have to come to dev for every issue. • Valuable Features The Stream Alert feature is a highlight of this. As for similar products, there are separate integrations, but Graylog ships this with the build. • Room for Improvement There should be some user groups and an auto sign-in feature. • Use of Solution One to three years. • Stability Issues No issues. • Scalability Issues Not yet. • Customer Service and Technical Support We are not using any technical support. • Previous Solutions No. • Initial Setup It was pretty straightforward. • Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing None, as we are not using an...Articles
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