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The USENIX Special Interest Group for Sysadmins

Building a Logging Infrastructure

Abe Singer and Tina Bird

  • Complete booklet PDF (members only) or purchase the print version

Open PDFs

  • The cover PDF
  • Frontmatter/Table of Contents/Foreword PDF
  • Introduction PDF
  • About the Authors PDF

Members-Only PDFs

  • 1. Why Logs Are Important PDF
  • 2. Getting Started PDF
  • 3. Sources of Log Information PDF
  • 4. Centralized Logging PDF
  • 5. The Gory Details PDF
  • 6. Log Reduction, Parsing, and Analysis PDF
  • 7. Windows Logging PDF
  • 8. Conclusion PDF
  • Appendix 1: Events to Record PDF
  • Appendix 2: Sources of Log Information PDF
  • Appendix 3: A Perl Script to Test Regular Expressions PDF