Collecting logs

Use BMC Helix Log Analytics to collect logs so you can analyze them and get to the root cause of an issue. You can collect the following types of logs:

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Log-management-endpoints-in-the-REST-API

Here is an overview of the process of collecting logs:

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The following video (3:37) provides you an overview of the log collection process in BMC Helix Log Analytics.


icon-play@2x.pngWatch the YouTube video to get an overview of the log collection process in BMC Helix Log Analytics.

For more information, see Collecting-application-logs. Application logs use Files as the collection type.

You can also use open source collectors—Filebeat and Logstash—to collect logs. However, you need to manage all the connectors because connector management is not supported in the BMC Helix Log Analytics connector framework. For more information, see Collecting-logs-by-using-the-command-line-interface.

 

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