Managing Cloud Service Logs: Why It’s Difficult and How to Simplify It

Cloud logging presents unique challenges due to the way logs are generated, accessed, secured, and stored in cloud environments. Unlike local log files, cloud logs often require specialized tools for aggregation and analysis, and may not be stored securely by default. Simplifying cloud logging can be achieved through using cloud provider tooling or a third-party observability platform that can work across multiple clouds, providing more sophisticated analytics features than most cloud vendors' own tools. Centralizing log management and analytics across all cloud services and environments is key to gaining deep visibility into the cloud environment and discovering hidden insights in data lakes.