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How to collect and manage all of your multi-line logs

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Nils Bunge, Maxim Brown
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2,734
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English
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Summary

Multi-line logs such as stack traces can provide valuable information for debugging and troubleshooting application problems. However, without proper configuration, log management services may treat each line of a multi-line log as an individual event, making it difficult to interpret the activity of your applications. To handle multi-line logs effectively, you can either log to JSON or use a log shipper that looks for specific patterns to indicate the beginning of a new log entry. Popular log shippers include Logstash, Rsyslog, Fluentd, Fluent Bit, Syslog-ng, NXLog, and the Datadog Agent. By aggregating multi-line logs as single events, you can more easily parse, search, and use them to identify problems in your environment.

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