I have received some questions around agent configuration that I wanted to clear up. Read on to learn more!
Cloud Architecture and Observability
Tag: Configuration
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 agent configuration files. In this post, I will introduce a CLI utility I wrote to make this process easier and less error prone.
If you remember reason 9 from my 12 reasons why you should use the Log Insight agent post then you may be wondering how you can support time deltas greater than 10 minutes between the client and the server. In this post, I will cover how to do it.
I was recently asked if it was possible to automate the configuration of Log Insight agents. More specifically, the request was to modify an agent configuration as new applications were brought up on a system. In this post, I will cover a couple of ways to automate agent configuration.