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From: Tom H <tomh0665@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternative kernels
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 01:54:31
Message-Id: CAOdo=SyDVZRTav9HxJFxsPGeLCo6Xhn=mGPGRJEuz_Qgio2e7Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] alternative kernels by Rich Freeman
1 On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel
3 > <alec@××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 >>
5 >> You guys should check out the ELK stack:
6 >> http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/
7 >>
8 >> Basically, transform logs to JSON with logstash, throw the JSON into
9 >> elastic search, and make plots with Kibana. We use it at work; it's
10 >> absolutely fantastic.
11 >
12 > Hmm, as far as I can tell they don't actually have a parser for
13 > journal logs yet. With systemd the logs are already available in
14 > JSON, though I imagine it would be trivial to transform that to a
15 > different-looking JSON if necessary.
16 >
17 > I think it just reflects the fact that everybody is playing catch-up.
18 > Despite originating at Red Hat I suspect that the vast majority of
19 > those running systemd right now are the sorts of folks who don't run
20 > enterprise log monitoring suites. So, the pressure just isn't there
21 > yet to get all that stuff built.
22
23 I suspect that "full" journald adoption and tweaking will come from
24 small(er), more nimble, less conservative organizations. We'll be
25 rolling out RHEL7 next year and we'll have "Storage=volatile"; we've
26 asked former colleagues at other banks and they've said that they're
27 planning the same.