About
A log collector will collect log file, optionally transform them and deliver them to one or more destination such as:
List
Name | Log to Log | Log To Metrics | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Vector (Rust) | Yes | Yes | observability pipelines |
Promtail | Yes | Yes 1) | Graphana tool to insert log Loki |
Logstash (Java) | Yes | Yes 2) | Elastic log collector |
Fluentd | ? | ? | Example: BigQuery |
Flume | ? | ? |
Google mtail | No | Yes | |
Scribe (deprecated) |
Log to Metrics means extracting metrics from application logs to be exported into a metrics server