Abstract

You need to find information from related logs quickly and efficiently during investigations into your infrastructure and applications. You also need to track relevant logs so that you can prevent issues, such as downtime and errors, and stay up-to-date on the health and performance of your systems. In this course, you'll learn how to bring together different insights for log-based investigations using Log Monitors, Error Tracking for Logs, Watchdog Insights for Logs, Generate Metrics, and Dashboard Reporting.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you'll be able to do the following:

  • Create Log Monitors to monitors to alert on logs
  • Interpret Error Tracking Issues details to make decisions for investigations
  • Create custom metrics in Generate Metrics for log queries
  • Add Timeseries widgets for log queries and custom log metrics to dashboards
  • Add List widgets to dashboards for Error Tracking issues
  • Add Monitor Summary widgets for Log Monitors to dashboards

Primary Audience

Developers who will use log data for monitors and investigations.

Prerequisites

Technical Requirements

In order to complete the course, you will need:

  • Google Chrome or Firefox
  • Third-party cookies must be enabled to access labs

Course Navigation

At the bottom of each lesson, click the MARK LESSON COMPLETE AND CONTINUE button so that you are marked complete for each lesson and can receive the certificate at the end of the course.

Course Enrollment Period

Please note that your enrollment in this course ends after 30 days. You can re-enroll at any time and pick up where you left off.

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    1. Log Monitors

    2. Error Tracking

    3. Watchdog Insights

    4. Generate Metrics

    5. Dashboard Reporting

    6. Lab: Streamline and Automate Investigations

    1. Summary

    2. Feedback Survey

Track Logs for Alerting and Investigations

  • 1 hours to complete
  • 8 Lessons
  • Intermediate
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