How you can send your logs ballistically using UDP

In large GitLab instances, managing logs effectively is crucial to prevent server issues, and a practical solution is to ship logs to a separate server. GitLab Enterprise Edition (version 7.1 and up) offers UDP log shipping as an efficient method to handle this, as UDP transmits logs in a non-blocking, fire-and-forget manner, making it faster and more reliable compared to TCP, which can fail if connections drop. Setting up UDP log shipping is straightforward by configuring a few lines in the GitLab configuration file and running a simple command, allowing logs to be sent to a designated syslog server. GitLab uses svlogd for handling STDOUT logs and remote_syslog for .log files to facilitate the log shipping process. Moreover, GitLab Enterprise Edition provides additional features like support, LDAP integration, and Jenkins integration, with options to try out the Community Edition or use their free GitLab.com instance.

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