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US 10,834,070 · App. 15/883,453 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Remote logging agent for accessing application server log data

Inventor: Felipe Silva dos Santos (Santa Maria, BR)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
H04L63/0815G06F21/41G06F21/6218H04L69/40H04L29/06047H04L67/025
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Patent No.
US 10,834,070
App. No.
15/883,453
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A remote logging agent is provided for accessing application log data from one or more servers. One method comprises: obtaining a logging configuration file for an application that identifies one or more servers associated with the application, a communication protocol and authentication credentials for accessing the identified servers, a path where log data is stored on the identified servers, and a storage destination for storing log data obtained from the identified servers; establishing, using a logging agent, a connection to the identified servers using the communication protocol and the authentication credentials, wherein the logging agent is distinct and remote from the application and the identified servers; obtaining, using the logging agent, the log data from the identified servers using the path; and storing, using the logging agent, the log data from the identified servers in the one storage destination specified for storing the obtained log data.

Claims (36)

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining a logging configuration file for at least one application, wherein said logging configuration file identifies: (i) one or more servers associated with said at least one application, (ii) a communication protocol and authentication credentials for accessing said identified one or more servers, (iii) a path where log data is stored on each of said identified one or more servers, and (iv) at least one storage destination for storing log data obtained from said identified one or more servers;

establishing, using at least one processing device of a logging agent, a connection to each of said identified one or more servers using said communication protocol and said authentication credentials, wherein said logging agent is distinct and remote from said at least one application and said identified one or more servers;

obtaining, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers using said path via said established connection; and

storing, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers in said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data, wherein said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data is associated with one or more of a plurality of predefined logging tools for indexing said obtained log data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said communication protocol comprises one or more of a plurality of predefined communication protocols.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said logging configuration file is specified using a predefined data interchange format.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said identified one or more servers comprise one or more of production servers, disaster recovery servers and database servers.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of obtaining said log data from a plurality of said identified one or more servers in parallel.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of obtaining said log data from a plurality of said applications in parallel.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said logging agent serves as middleware between said at least one or more servers and said at least one storage destination associated with one or more of said plurality of predefined logging tools.

8. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed by at least one processing device perform the following steps:

obtaining a logging configuration file for at least one application, wherein said logging configuration file identifies: (i) one or more servers associated with said at least one application, (ii) a communication protocol and authentication credentials for accessing said identified one or more servers, (iii) a path where log data is stored on each of said identified one or more servers, and (iv) at least one storage destination for storing log data obtained from said identified one or more servers;

establishing, using at least one processing device of a logging agent, a connection to each of said identified one or more servers using said communication protocol and said authentication credentials, wherein said logging agent is distinct and remote from said at least one application and said identified one or more servers;

obtaining, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers using said path via said established connection; and

storing, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers in said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data, wherein said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data is associated with one or more of a plurality of predefined logging tools for indexing said obtained log data.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein said logging configuration file is specified using a predefined data interchange format.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein said identified one or more servers comprise one or more of production servers, disaster recovery servers and database servers.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising the step of obtaining said log data from a plurality of said identified one or more servers in parallel.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising the step of obtaining said log data from a plurality of said applications in parallel.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein said logging agent serves as middleware between said at least one or more servers and said at least one storage destination associated with one or more of said plurality of predefined logging tools.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein said communication protocol comprises one or more of a plurality of predefined communication protocols.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processing device, coupled to the memory, operative to implement the following steps:

obtaining a logging configuration file for at least one application, wherein said logging configuration file identifies: (i) one or more servers associated with said at least one application, (ii) a communication protocol and authentication credentials for accessing said identified one or more servers, (iii) a path where log data is stored on each of said identified one or more servers, and (iv) at least one storage destination for storing log data obtained from said identified one or more servers;

establishing, using at least one processing device of a logging agent, a connection to each of said identified one or more servers using said communication protocol and said authentication credentials, wherein said logging agent is distinct and remote from said at least one application and said identified one or more servers;

obtaining, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers using said path via said established connection; and

storing, using said at least one processing device of said logging agent, said log data from said identified one or more servers in said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data, wherein said at least one storage destination specified for storing said obtained log data is associated with one or more of a plurality of predefined logging tools for indexing said obtained log data.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said communication protocol comprises one or more of a plurality of predefined communication protocols.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said logging configuration file is specified using a predefined data interchange format.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said identified one or more servers comprise one or more of production servers, disaster recovery servers and database servers.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising at least one of the following steps:

obtaining said log data from a plurality of said identified one or more servers in parallel; and

obtaining said log data from a plurality of said applications in parallel.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said logging agent serves as middleware between said at least one or more servers and said at least one storage destination associated with one or more of said plurality of predefined logging tools.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.)
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 045482 FRAME 0395 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Mar 1, 2018
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (CREDIT) Recorded Mar 1, 2018
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045482/0395 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2018
From: DOS SANTOS, FELIPE SILVA
To: DELL PRODUCTS L. P.
Reel/Frame 044770/0932 →
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