Chapter 13. Logging and Monitoring Microservices

One of the biggest challenges due to the very distributed nature of internet-scale microservices deployment is the logging and monitoring of individual microservices. It is difficult to trace end-to-end transactions by correlating logs emitted by different microservices. Like monolithic applications, there is no single pane of glass for monitoring microservices. This is important, especially when we deal with enterprise-scale microservices with a number of technologies, as discussed in the previous chapter.

This chapter will cover the necessity and importance of logging and monitoring in microservice deployments. This chapter will further examine the challenges and solutions to address logging and monitoring with a number of potential architectures and technologies.

By the end of this chapter, you will have learned about the following:

• The different options, tools, and technologies for log management
• The use of Spring Cloud Sleuth for microservices...