Logging strategy for descentralized api instances | NestJS | Page 1

lilac anvil Jul 17, 2023, 3:54 PM

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I'm starting to build a few small apis using nestjs. Winston will probably be used to ease log rules, log rotation etc. But I would like to centralize everything my instances log, So no matter if I have 3 instances of api A or 10 instances of api B running, everything regarding logs can be visualized in a central place.

I would like to use some solution easier to setup and deploy then elastic stack. I love elastic but I want to focus in other stuff atm, not able to deal with it in the next few months.
So what do you guys recommend me? 😄

steel wagon Jul 17, 2023, 4:13 PM

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If you want centralized logging, you're going to need to configure a log exporter and some log store. Elastic is one way, another one I can think about is OpenSearch, or some cloud provider like datadog or logrocket

lilac anvil Jul 17, 2023, 4:38 PM

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Thanks @steel wagon ! What log store do you think it's easier to run and maintain? I don't want much of the logs initially, like if they're not combined in a beaultiful DB like the one that powers elastic, it's fine. I just want to be able to grep/find things in a centralized place.

steel wagon Jul 17, 2023, 4:50 PM

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lilac anvil Thanks <@646107453469229056> ! What log store do you think it's easier to run an...

If you don't want to maintain it yourself and just push logs there and find them there, use one of the cloud providers.

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If you already use grafana, you can also look into Loki

lilac anvil Jul 18, 2023, 10:45 AM

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I'll compare the cloud providers then. Thank you again =]

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