Linking related events for various devices and services in computer log files on a centralized server

A method performed by at least one electronic device comprising one or more processors, the method comprising:

• generating electronic instructions comprising logging specifications for generating sanitized log files that are based at least in part on one or more log files associated with events performed by each of multiple software services executed by each of a plurality of remote hosts;
• transmitting, to each of the plurality of remote hosts by one or more networks, the electronic instructions, wherein the logging specifications include configurable rules for each of the plurality of remote hosts to automatically execute to determine data that is uploaded to a log pipeline so that the sanitized log files generated by each of the plurality of remote hosts include a subset of the data included in the one or more log files such that sensitive user data captured by each of the plurality of remote hosts is removed from the one or more log files by the plurality of remote hosts while generating the sanitized log files, and wherein the subset of the data included in the one or more log files is further generated to be in a uniform data format that is in compliance with the configurable rules;
• electronically receiving, from each of the plurality of remote hosts by one or more networks, the sanitized log files;
• indexing the sanitized log files into an indexed searching platform, wherein the indexing is based at least in part on the sanitized log files being in the uniform data format that is in compliance with the configurable rules;
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• generating instructions to cause display of an electronic visualization interface comprising a dynamic electronic search configured to receive search criteria, wherein the electronic visualization interface is configured to identify, based on the indexed searching platform and the search criteria, any two or more sanitized log files from different hosts that satisfy the search criteria.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by one or more electronic devices, each having one or more processors, to cause the one or more electronic devices to perform a method, the method comprising:

• generate electronic instructions comprising logging specifications for generating sanitized log files that are based at least in part on one or more log files associated with events performed by each of multiple software services executed by each of a plurality of remote hosts;
• transmit, to each of the plurality of remote hosts by one or more networks, the electronic instructions, wherein the logging specifications include configurable rules for each of the plurality of remote hosts to automatically execute to determine data that is uploaded to a log pipeline so that the sanitized log files generated by each of the plurality of remote hosts include a subset of the data included in the one or more log files such that sensitive user data captured by each of the plurality of remote hosts is removed from the one or more log files by the plurality of remote hosts while generating the sanitized log files, and wherein the subset of the data included in the one or more log files is further generated to be in a uniform data format that is in compliance with the configurable rules;
• electronically receive, from each of the plurality of remote hosts by one or more networks, the sanitized log files;
• index the sanitized log files into an indexed searching platform, wherein the indexing is based at least in part on the sanitized log files being in the uniform data format that is in compliance with the configurable rules;
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• generate instructions to cause display of an electronic visualization interface comprising a dynamic electronic search configured to receive search criteria, wherein the electronic visualization interface is configured to identify, based on the indexed searching platform and the search criteria, any two or more sanitized log files from different hosts that satisfy the search criteria.