Remote logging agent for accessing application server log data

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed by at least one processing device perform the following steps:

• obtaining a logging configuration file for at least one application, wherein said logging configuration file identifies:
• (i) one or more servers associated with said at least one application, (ii) a communication protocol and authentication credentials for accessing said identified one or more servers, (iii) a path where log data is stored on each of said identified one or more servers, and (iv) at least one storage destination for storing log data obtained from said identified one or more servers;
• establishing, using at least one processing device of a logging agent, a connection to each of said identified one or more servers using said communication protocol and said authentication credentials, wherein said logging agent is distinct and remote from said at least one application and said identified one or more servers;
• obtaining, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers using said path via said established connection;
• and
• storing, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers in said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data, wherein said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data is associated with one or more of a plurality of predefined logging tools for indexing said obtained log data.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processing device, coupled to the memory, operative to implement the following steps:
• obtaining a logging configuration file for at least one application, wherein said logging configuration file identifies:
• (i) one or more servers associated with said at least one application, (ii) a communication protocol and authentication credentials for accessing said identified one or more servers, (iii) a path where log data is stored on each of said identified one or more servers, and (iv) at least one storage destination for storing log data obtained from said identified one or more servers;
• establishing, using at least one processing device of a logging agent, a connection to each of said identified one or more servers using said communication protocol and said authentication credentials, wherein said logging agent is distinct and remote from said at least one application and said identified one or more servers;
• obtaining, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers using said path via said established connection;
• and
• storing, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers in said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data, wherein said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data is associated with one or more of a plurality of predefined logging tools for indexing said obtained log data.