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Date Published
Author
George Hamilton
Word count
1785
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Troubleshooting cloud services and infrastructure is a significant challenge for organizations, with vast amounts of telemetry data generated by various components. Sifting through massive log data can be unproductive and impractical, often requiring lengthy investigations into raw log data to determine the root cause of an issue. Log analytics can help reduce these headaches by uncovering issues faster, improving incident management KPIs such as mean time to know (MTTK), mean time to repair (MTTR), and mean time between failure (MTBF). Cloud providers offer various services for log collection, normalization, indexing, storage, retention, querying, and visualization. Common cloud infrastructure issues include security and configuration management, availability and latency issues, application performance issues, cost issues, and multicloud deployment issues. Effective troubleshooting requires sharp communication skills with the provider, maintaining a time-stamped record of steps taken, and leveraging low-cost, efficient log analytics solutions like ChaosSearch to analyze long-term data and detect recurring patterns in cloud infrastructure. A centralized log management solution is now essential for any company operating in the cloud.