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#Papertrail

Cloud-hosted log management.

#Features

FeatureDescription
Cloud-hostedNo infrastructure
Real-timeLive tail
SearchFast full-text search
AlertsEmail, Slack, webhooks
ArchiveS3 integration

#Setup

bash
1# rsyslog configuration
2# /etc/rsyslog.d/papertrail.conf
3*.* @logs.papertrailapp.com:XXXXX
4
5# Restart rsyslog
6sudo systemctl restart rsyslog

#Docker Logging

bash
1docker run -d \
2  --log-driver=syslog \
3  --log-opt syslog-address=udp://logs.papertrailapp.com:XXXXX \
4  nginx

#CLI

bash
1# Install
2gem install papertrail
3
4# Search
5papertrail "error"
6
7# Tail
8papertrail -f

#Pricing

  • Per GB/month
  • Free tier: 50MB/month
  • Plans scale with volume

[!TIP] Pro Tip: Perfect for small teams wanting simple, managed logging!