Thanks a lot Jochen, I will read all of this.
On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 2:28:42 PM UTC+1, Jochen Schalanda wrote:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> - Is it able to collect logs from linux, windows, solaris, VMware, Citrix, 
>> IIS, Apache, Tomcat, Databases and materials?
>>
>
> Graylog comes with a variety of inputs out-of-the-box (like Syslog, GELF, 
> Kafka, AMQP, or plaintext) and is extensible via plugins (see 
> https://marketplace.graylog.org/addons?kind=plugin) and there are other 
> agents that can be used in combination with Graylog to collect data from 
> sources not directly supported (like Graylog Collector, nxlog, *beats, or 
> logstash). Also see http://docs.graylog.org/en/1.3/pages/sending_data.html 
> and http://docs.graylog.org/en/1.3/pages/collector.html.
>  
>
>> - What is the log capacity? How much events is it able to handle and how 
>> many can it store? (Or does it have to be linked to my own database?)
>>
>
> Graylog can scale horizontally, so the processing performance depends on 
> how much hardware you'll throw at Graylog and the backing Elasticsearch 
> cluster. There are Graylog setups processing over 100k events per second 
> and collecting multiple terabytes of data per day. See 
> http://docs.graylog.org/en/1.3/pages/architecture.html and 
> http://docs.graylog.org/en/1.3/pages/load_balancers.html.
>  
>
>> - Do I need to install something on every equipment I want to manage or a 
>> single instalation on my server will do the job alone?
>>
>
> This totally depends on the type of equipment you have and which kinds of 
> remote logging capabilities it has. Most network appliances support some 
> sort of syslog which can be consumed by Graylog.
>  
>
>> - Is it able to filter the logs coming to the server?
>>
>
> Yes, see http://docs.graylog.org/en/1.3/pages/extractors.html and 
> http://docs.graylog.org/en/1.3/pages/blacklisting.html.
>
> - Can I create accounts to log in graylog to secure it?
>>
>
> Yes, Graylog supports multiple users and also integrates with LDAP and 
> Active Directory, see 
> http://docs.graylog.org/en/1.3/pages/users_and_roles.html.
>
> - Can I configure some alarms like a mail when some events happen?
>>
>
> Yes, see 
> http://docs.graylog.org/en/1.3/pages/getting_started/stream_alerts.html.
>  
>
>> - how much does it cost?
>>
>
> Graylog itself is free (as in speech and as in beer), but you can support 
> the development (and put some ease to your mind) by buying a support 
> contract, see https://www.graylog.org/professional-support.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jochen
>

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