Log Monitor

Log monitors are a type of

software Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...

that monitor

log files In computing, logging is the act of keeping a log of events that occur in a computer system, such as problems, errors or just information on current operations. These events may occur in the operating system or in other software. A message or l ...

. Servers, application,

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and security devices generate log files. Errors, problems, and more information is constantly logged and saved for later

log analysis In computer log management and intelligence, log analysis (or ''system and network log analysis'') is an art and science seeking to make sense of computer-generated records (also called log or audit trail records). The process of creating such reco ...

. In order to detect problems automatically,

system administrator A system administrator, or sysadmin, or admin is a person who is responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems, especially multi-user computers, such as servers. The system administrator seeks to en ...

s and operations set up monitors on the generated logs. The log monitors scan the log files and search for known text patterns and rules that indicate important events. Once an event is detected, the monitoring system will send an alert, either to a person or to another

/ hardware system. Monitoring logs help to identify security events that occurred or might occur. System administration Website monitoring software {{software-stub