Supplementing log messages with metadata
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorsAnton Sherkhonov, Peter A. Portante
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Abstract
Mechanisms for supplementing log messages are disclosed. A log collection agent initiates, to a centralized management system, a request for metadata associated with a first executing process of the computing device. The log collection agent determines that a log message has been generated by the first executing process. The log collection agent generates a log entry that includes the log message and the metadata. The log collection agent sends the log entry to a centralized logging system that consolidates log messages from a plurality of executing processes including the first executing process.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a central log agent on a computing device comprising a processor device, that a first unique identifier that corresponds to a new first compute entity on a first remote computing device has been generated;
- determining a first compute entity name of the new first compute entity;
- generating a first log message that contains the first unique identifier and the first compute entity name;
- and
- storing the first log message in a centralized logging system.
A computing device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor device coupled to the memory to:
- determine, by a central log agent, that a first unique identifier that corresponds to a new first compute entity on a first remote computing device has been generated;
- determine a first compute entity name of the new first compute entity;
- generate a first log message that contains the first unique identifier and the first compute entity name;
- and
- store the first log message in a centralized logging system.
A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and including instructions configured to cause a processor device to:
- determine, by a central log agent, that a first unique identifier that corresponds to a new first compute entity on a first remote computing device has been generated;
- determine a first compute entity name of the new first compute entity;
- generate a first log message that contains the first unique identifier and the first compute entity name;
- and
- store the first log message in a centralized logging system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.