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Log Collection (lemmy.procrastinati.org)

submitted 2 years ago by SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm in the process of re-configuring my home lab and would like to get some help figuring out log collection. My setup was a hodgepodge of systems/OSes using rsyslog to send syslogs to a syslog listener on my qnap but that's not going to work anymore (partly because the qnap is gone).

My end-goal is going to be as homogeneous as I can manage. Mostly Debian 12 systems (phy and vm) and Docker containers. Does anyone know of a FOSS solution that can ingest journald, syslog, and if it's even possible to send docker logs to a log collector?

Thanks

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[–] Dogeek@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You could use grafana loki to handle logs, it's similar to Prometheus so if you're already using that and/or grafana it's an easy setup and the API is really simple too.

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 2 points 2 years ago

I did stumble on Grafana Loki in my search. Was trying to figure out if it was overkill. Is it fairly lightweight?

[–] farcaller@fstab.sh 2 points 2 years ago

I second this. Loki for logs, VictoriaMetrics for metrics―it's significantly more lightweight than ELK logging (and any lags are irrelevant for a homelab), and VM is similarly much more careful with RAM than Prometheus.