Lightning Talk: Configure Logging on Kubernetes the Easy Way

Logs are often just an afterthought; something to be looked at when things break. But if you are running services at scale you know that a simplistic approach drowns you in data and making sense of it …

Logs are often just an afterthought; something to be looked at when things break. But if you are running services at scale you know that a simplistic approach drowns you in data and making sense of it all can be extremely difficult. Structured logging comes to the rescue but this requires much more investment and more complex configuration up front. In this talk, I make the case for investing in a high quality logging infrastructure that can be the source of proactive insights as well as a productive tool for debugging. The talk will describe the elements of a complete log collection and analysis flow in Kubernetes. I will also explain the reasons, driven by a number of customer use-cases, that led us to write the Kubernetes logging-operator and how we designed it to fit with the best practices in the ecosystem.Basic knowledge of Kubernetes is highly advised.