Make Your Logs Work for You

The days of logging in to servers and manually viewing log files are over. SolarWinds® Papertrail™ aggregates logs from applications, devices, and platforms to a central location.

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FEATURED TECHNOLOGY

Kubenetes Cluster Logging Kubernetes Logging AWS Log Management GC Log Analyzer AWS Logging Docker Logging Docker Syslog Heroku Logging Logging Tools for Azure App

Troubleshoot Fast and Enjoy It

SolarWinds® Papertrail™ provides cloud-based log management that seamlessly aggregates logs from applications, servers, network devices, services, platforms, and much more.

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FEATURED CAPABILITIES

Log Viewer Firewall Log Analyzer Centralized Log Management Log Analysis Tail Logging Cron Job Monitoring Log Aggregator Cloud Logging

Aggregate and Search Any Log

SolarWinds® Papertrail™ provides lightning-fast search, live tail, flexible system groups, team-wide access, and integration with popular communications platforms like PagerDuty and Slack to help you quickly track down customer problems, debug app requests, or troubleshoot slow database queries.

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FEATURED LANGUAGES

Linux Logging Software Linux Log Management Ruby Logging Manager Golang Logging HAproxy Log Analyzer MySQL Logging NGINX Logging Javascript Logging Tomcat Logging Apache Log Analyzer

Administrator Guide
- Documentation for Papertrail
Collect Logs
Collect Logs: Apps & Services
Collect Logs: Hosting Services
Collect Logs: Integrations
- Fluentd
- Librato
- Amazon CloudWatch
- StatHat
- Amazon SNS
- HostedGraphite
- Datadog
- Zapier
- VictorOps
- New Relic traces
- Slack
- Campfire
- PagerDuty
- New Relic Insights
- Pushover
- AppOptics
- Geckoboard
- OpsGenie
- Honeybadger
Manage Logs
Send Logs for Analytics
SolarWinds Users & Orgs
Support and Security
- Security and Compliance
- Support Policy
What's New
- Papertrail Release Notes

Windows Azure

Microsoft Windows Azure is a cloud hosting service for apps in the Windows environment. Azure supports .NET, Node.js, and both Windows and Linux virtual machines.

Setup

Aggregating logs directly from app/framework

Logs from apps on Azure can often be aggregated with the same in-app logging libraries you would use without Azure. For example, a .NET app might use NLog and a Node.js app might use winston.

To configure your Azure app to log to Papertrail, follow the instructions for the log library or language/framework you use, like NLog, log4net, and Node.js/winston. See Configuration.

If you have not chosen a log library or are using a language’s core logging functionality, skim Configuration for ideas or contact us and we’ll suggest one.

If in-app log aggregation does not work for you or you also want other logs (like Linux syslog), read on.

Aggregating logs using system-level tools

Azure supports customizing virtual machine images and running instances. Apps can be configured to write logs to disk, which Papertrail can aggregate and manage.

Head over to Configuring remote syslog from Windows and point the log collector at the log directory, such as /LogFiles/http/RawLogs/*.

This can be baked into your custom image or rolled out as part of a post-boot deployment process.

Finally, if neither of the above option are suitable, please contact us to see what other options we may have. We can usually suggest a solution based on your environment.

Idle timeout

Azure has an idle timeout of 4 minutes. This is configurable for inbound connections via the Azure load balancer, but not outbound.