Unified logging service for distributed applications

An apparatus for providing a unified logging service, comprising:

• a unified logging server;
• means for receiving an event log file at the unified logging server;
• a log adapter for converting the event log file from a first structure to a predefined format;
• means for determining a log type of the converted event log file and a log handler suitable for the log type;
• means for forwarding the converted event log file to the log handler;
• means for identifying a receiving node;
• means for forwarding the converted event log file to the identified receiving node.

A system for providing a unified logging service comprising:

• a sending node having a first structure;
• an event log file having a first log type associated with the sending node;
• a log adapter for the sending node for converting the event log file from the first structure to a predefined format;
• means for transmitting the converted event log file across the network to a unified logging server;
• means for receiving the converted event log file at the unified logging server;
• means for determining the log type of the converted event log file and a log handler suitable for the log type;
• means for forwarding the converted event log file to the log handler;
• means for identifying a receiving node for the converted event log file;
• means for forwarding the converted event log file to the identified receiving node.

An article of manufacture comprising a processor useable medium having a processor readable program embodied in said medium, wherein the processor readable program when executed on or more processors causes the processors to:

• convert an event log file of a first log type and structure associated with a sending node into a predefined format;
• transmit the converted event log file onto a network to a unified log server;
• receive the converted event log file by the unified log server;
• determine the log type of the converted log file and rout the converted log file to a log handler compatible with the determined log type and the predefined format;
• identify a receiving node compatible with the log type for the converted event log file, and forward the converted event log file from the log handler to the identified receiving node.