I finally received my Coin and had a chance to try it out so I thought I would share my experiences to date with a…
Log Insight System Architecture Part 4: Life of an Event
To conclude the series on Log Insight system architecture I would like to talk about the life of an event. This post needed to come…
Log Insight System Architecture Part 3: Archiving
In part 2 of this series I talked about how retention was calculated and worked. In part 3 of this series I would like to…
Log Insight System Architecture Part 2: Retention
In part 1 of this series I talked about the different pipelines. In part 2, I would like to talk about how retention works. Hint: It…
Log Insight System Architecture Part 1: Pipelines
I have been hearing a few questions around the Log Insight system architecture and more specifically how it works. This week, I would like to…
Generating Log Insight Agent Configurations with liagentify
I often get questions around Log Insight agent configuration. While the options are clearly documented, it can be time-consuming and error prone to construct lengthy…
I Have A Fitness Confession
I made it a goal in 2015 to blog about fitness. One of the biggest drivers for this decision was so I could hold myself…
Log Insight: From Standalone to Cluster
If you started with Log Insight 1.x or with an environment that a single Log Insight node could handle then you likely are running a…
Log Insight: Disconnected Node
If you are running a Log Insight cluster then you have probably seen the Status column of the node table available from the Administration >…
VMware VM: Hot Add Virtual Disk
As many of you know, VMware has the ability to “hot-add” resources such as CPU, memory, and hard drives to a running VM. Some resources, such as hard drives, can be added to all modern operating systems and require no custom configurations. Other resources, such as CPU and memory, require specific OSs and specific settings to be enabled. In this blog post, I will be covering how to add resources to both Windows and Linux VMs.