What is Gcore Managed Logging?
Gcore Managed Logging is a cloud service for collecting, storing, and analyzing logs from numerous sources in a single repository. The service collects your logs through API integration with your log shippers—there’s no need to log into these systems or worry about storage. Your logs are stored securely by Gcore Edge Cloud.
Easy and powerful log management
Why choose Gcore Managed Logging?
Performance analysis
Analyze system app performance, including number of users, traffic, and uptime.
Security investigation
Examine user connections, downloads, export of personal data, customer databases, and other trade secrets.
Quality and assurance
Analyze application logs using the familiar Elasticsearch interface.
Product scaling
Aggregate and deliver user application data in isolated groups (topics) across the globe at petabyte scale.
Retrospective debugging
Quickly detect the cause of application unavailability via retrospective analysis.
Compliance
Use a secure log repository in compliance with GDPR, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001.
Analyze your logs for free with OpenSearch Dashboards
Use OpenSearch to collect all the data from your services and transform it into an easy-to-understand visualization in OpenSearch Dashboards. Customize the behavior of your dashboards and create personalized index patterns.
How Gcore Managed Logging compares on value
Free egress traffic, competitive prices for log ingestion and storing, no hidden fees for log querying and accessing—unlike our competitors.
Gcore Managed Logging | Microsoft Azure Monitor | Amazon CloudWatch | Google Cloud Logging | |
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Locations | Europe, America | Germany West Central | Frankfurt | Frankfurt |
Ingesting and storing 1 GB of logs for 1 month | €0.35 / $0.38 | €0.60 / $0.65 | €0.61 / $0.66 | €0.46 / $0.50 |
1 GB of egress traffic (sending logging data to external services) | Free | $0.09 per 1 GB. 100 GB is free (sum of all services) | $0.09 per 1 GB. 100 GB is free (sum of all services) | $0.12 per 1 GB. 5 GB is free (sum of all services) |
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Locations | Europe, America |
Ingesting and storing 1 GB of logs for 1 month | €0.35 / $0.38 |
1 GB of egress traffic (sending logging data to external services) | Free |
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It’s simple to get started with Managed Logging
Go to detailed guide- 1
Select the region closest to your service’s location.
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Create a topic and generate its user credentials.
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Configure the Log Shipper on your server.
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To view the logs, go to the OpenSearch Dashboards URL specified on the Logging page.
Frequently asked questions
Gcore Managed Logging automatically collects logs from your chosen services, including applications, servers, and containers. It securely stores your logs so you can access them at any time for troubleshooting, analysis, or compliance.
We support free OpenSearch Dashboards for visualizing your logs. You can customize your dashboards and configure filters to get the data representation you need. Learn more about configuring Gcore Managed Logging and OpenSearch Dashboards.
Gcore Managed Logging eliminates the inconvenience of managing your application and system logs. Instead of manually configuring and maintaining your own logging infrastructure, you delegate the entire process to Gcore.
Gcore Managed Logging offers the following key benefits:
- Simplifies the log management process, making it easier to analyze logs and identify trends or issues
- Collects logs from different types of recourses and services
- Frees you from buying and maintaining the underlying infrastructure
- Sends real-time, business-critical alerts
Until September 2024, you can enjoy Gcore Managed Logging for free (limited to 100 GB of logs per month.)
General pricing is €0.35 or $0.38 for 1 GB of ingesting and storing logs, billed monthly. Egress traffic, i.e., sending log data to external services, is free.
Gcore Managed Logging can collect logs from any system, application, or infrastructure, whether deployed on Gcore, other providers, or in your data center.
You can use any log shipper that supports Kafka; for example, Fluent Bit or Filebeat. Learn more about how to install and configure them.
Yes, you can use Prometheus Exporter to get metrics in Prometheus format. These metrics provide valuable insight into your Gcore Managed Logging health and usage. Learn more about configuring Prometheus Exporter.