Hi, > Why you shouldn’t log into db > > https://medium.com/@marton.waszlavik/why-you-shouldnt-log-into-db-e700c2cb0c8c > > I'm not suggesting that this person is correct, just > mentioning it. After all, there are many successful > companies with products that put staggering quantities > of log data into some kind of database for operational > analysis. They can't all be wrong, but they won't be > using SQL databases.
Yes, great point. Is something like mongodb better suited for doing these things? > Rsyslog is probably fine. I'm not aware of any web > front-end, but I doubt that one is really needed. > If your database is ready, it's probably just a > matter of adding a few lines to its configuration file. > > If you are referring to a web front-end for examining > the logs in the SQL database, you might want to rethink > that and investigate the ELK Stack instead > (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana). It'll be overkill, > but well worth learning, as it will be useful for all > manner of log analysis needs. I meant a web front-end for querying historical data based on subject or sender or "all emails sent between these dates" or "today's rejected email to Joe" to see if an email he was expecting was instead rejected. Thanks, Alex
