LogDNA
Infrastructure
cloud log management
SHOW HN2016
196points
143comments
#138of 2,264 in 2016
Top 7%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 40 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 28 critical, out of 84 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 4 for, 9 againstPricing: 1 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy, scriptable installation and quick setup
From 2 comments
We've been using the product for a few months now after have looked at most of the alternatives. The biggest differentiators for me have been: 1. Really straightforward,…
ebouck on HNLooks promising! I was able to get it installed and delivering logs in 5 mins. I really like the high volumes you offer; I really agree that volume should be cheaper. What…
askedrelic on HN
Clean, intuitive log UI and fast time-frame selection
From 2 comments
We've been using the product for a few months now after have looked at most of the alternatives. The biggest differentiators for me have been: 1. Really straightforward,…
ebouck on HNOur team at Pantelligent has been happily using the LogDNA beta for the last few months. The product is well designed and easy to use for many members across engineering, devops,…
compumike on HN
Objections
Documentation is missing or incomplete
From 3 comments
Are there any client libraries for LogDNA or does it just stream /var/log/* and other logs to LogDNA? Also, you provide APTs and RPMs, but no sources. Is there any way I can…
kazazes on HNFirst of all, your website is painful to use. It requires a ton of scrolling to see anything and as previously mentioned scrolling is painful. Secondly there is almost no detail…
kevincox on HNAhh yes documentation...we're also working on that as we speak. Sorry about that...we had to pick and choose what we could have for launch. But the instructions on logdna.com…
leeab on HN
Unclear security and no encryption at rest
From 2 comments
I have few questions and comments. * Love the price * Can or will you add name value pairs? Logging for us is no longer just a single line of text. We have attached metadata.…
agentgt on HNYes, thanks for the feedback. We'll be adding this and a FAQ section soon. We do encrypt everything in transit, end-to-end, just like most in our industry. We do not encrypt at…
leeab on HN
Website is slow to scroll and hard to use
From 2 comments
Scrolling down your website is very slow, weird and annoying. Also the scroll left to go back gesture isn't working.
cporios on HNFirst of all, your website is painful to use. It requires a ton of scrolling to see anything and as previously mentioned scrolling is painful. Secondly there is almost no detail…
kevincox on HN
Unclear differentiation from existing log services
From 2 comments
Hi! Looks really great at first glance. Is there anything you guys do that differentiates yourself from other log management platforms (eg Kibana, Splunk, etc)
jc_811 on HNHow do you differentiate against https://papertrailapp.com/ ?
mbesto on HN
Requests
Syslog support and client libraries
From 2 comments
Give me syslog target, and I'm all yours :)
sz4kerto on HNAre there any client libraries for LogDNA or does it just stream /var/log/* and other logs to LogDNA? Also, you provide APTs and RPMs, but no sources. Is there any way I can…
kazazes on HN
Show parsed JSON fields in the viewer
From 2 comments
I have few questions and comments. * Love the price * Can or will you add name value pairs? Logging for us is no longer just a single line of text. We have attached metadata.…
agentgt on HNWe actually already do this, but we don't show the results in the log viewer, but we do parse JSON and a whole bunch of various logstash patterns + some of our custom ones. You…
leeab on HN
Open-source agent and source builds
From 2 comments
> We will be open sourcing our agent soon Great! I want to stick it in a Docker container.
Gigablah on HNAre there any client libraries for LogDNA or does it just stream /var/log/* and other logs to LogDNA? Also, you provide APTs and RPMs, but no sources. Is there any way I can…
kazazes on HN
Questions
How does it differentiate from Papertrail, Scalyr, Splunk, Kibana
From 3 comments
Hi! Looks really great at first glance. Is there anything you guys do that differentiates yourself from other log management platforms (eg Kibana, Splunk, etc)
jc_811 on HNHow do you differentiate against https://papertrailapp.com/ ?
mbesto on HNI've been using scalyr.com for logging extensively, for last few months. How do you differentiate against them?
phoenix24 on HN
Which IP ranges need firewall access
From 1 comment
Can you tell me how wide I have to open our Firewalls to get to your servers? (i.e., 1 or 2 IPs or an entire AWS range). We're in a locked-down compliance environment and opening…
rgacote on HN
Is card data or PCI compliance supported
From 1 comment
Anyone know where this fits into servers requiring PCI-compliances?
jaequery on HN
Alternatives named
Papertrail
From 2 comments
How do you differentiate against https://papertrailapp.com/ ?
mbesto on HNLooks nice, but I am solid lover/supporter of Papertrail. I really love their simple/minimal approach. I think the missing piece of Papertrail is the ability to send JSON logs,…
nodesocket on HN
Scalyr
From 2 comments
I've been using scalyr.com for logging extensively, for last few months. How do you differentiate against them?
phoenix24 on HNThis is exactly the sweet spot we're focusing on at Scalyr: quick, easy, and powerful parsing, analyzing, and alerting on unstructured logs, including realtime alerts and live…
snewman on HN
Sumo Logic
From 1 comment
Ding ding ding ding. It's not the log storage that we care about, it's what we can do with those logs. I've been through three logging vendors in the last two years (Loggly,…
chrissnell on HN
Splunk
From 1 comment
Hi! Looks really great at first glance. Is there anything you guys do that differentiates yourself from other log management platforms (eg Kibana, Splunk, etc)
jc_811 on HN
Kibana / ELK stack
From 2 comments
Hi! Looks really great at first glance. Is there anything you guys do that differentiates yourself from other log management platforms (eg Kibana, Splunk, etc)
jc_811 on HNDing ding ding ding. It's not the log storage that we care about, it's what we can do with those logs. I've been through three logging vendors in the last two years (Loggly,…
chrissnell on HN