Who uses syslog to register their web application

Question

I was wondering if anyone is using syslog to log their errors / warnings / web application information? This can be very useful in a deployment environment with a large number of servers.

If so, what client visualization can you observe for errors and group the same errors in batch mode?

Do you use methods other than syslog to achieve this logging capability?

Answer 1

I use this viewer: http://www.kiwisyslog.com/

I use syslog everywhere. In web applications, services, and tools that run every time after a while

When using multiple servers and scalability, check the following: http://developers.facebook.com/scribe/

Answer 2

You can try using log4j or log4net for logging, then you can watch the logs using Apache Chainsaw , which is a graphical interface that allows you to view the log by group, type, etc.

Answer 3

You can use splunk to view syslogs. It is free and has many reporting and visualization features for magazines.

Answer 4

I myself am a big fan of ELMAH, but it does not log in to syslog, but it provides very clean means of reporting errors.

Elmah