Distributed Logging
Distributed logging is a system design approach for collecting, aggregating, and analyzing log data from multiple services or components across a distributed computing environment. It involves using centralized logging infrastructure to capture events, errors, and metrics from various sources, enabling unified monitoring and troubleshooting. This is essential in microservices, cloud-native, and containerized architectures where traditional logging methods are insufficient.
Developers should implement distributed logging when building or maintaining systems with multiple independent services, such as microservices or serverless applications, to gain visibility into cross-service interactions and failures. It is crucial for debugging complex issues that span multiple components, monitoring system health in real-time, and ensuring compliance with audit requirements. Without it, diagnosing problems in distributed systems becomes extremely difficult and time-consuming.