About Centralized Log Storage

Centralized Log Storage is a unified system for collecting, storing, and retrieving logs across your infrastructure.

Log types

Centralized Log Storage captures two types of logs:

• Audit logs: Automatically generated for requests that change application state (create, update, or delete actions). Each log entry contains contextual information such as user, organization, and request path. Audit logs provide traceability for key operations, detailing who did what, when, and with what effect. Use audit logs to monitor and investigate security-sensitive events.
• General logs: Capture application and system information from across the Chef 360 Platform infrastructure. These logs include application events, system operations, service-level information, stdout/stderr output, and system events. Use general logs to troubleshoot application issues, monitor system health, analyze performance patterns, and understand service behavior across your infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Before you can use Centralized Log Storage, you must enable the log types and log storage during Chef 360 Platform Server installation.

More information

• Audit logs: Retrieve and manage audit logs.
• General logs: Retrieve and manage general logs.
• Install and configure Chef 360 Platform Server: Initial setup instructions.