more monitoring and logging resources

mattmakai · mattmakai · commit e77eea5da819 · 2014-06-30T08:54:10.000-04:00
diff --git a/change-log.html b/change-log.html
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ <h1>Change Log</h1>
 <h2>2014</h2>
 <h3>June</h3>
 <ul>
+<li>Added more monitoring and logging resources.</li>
 <li>New resources for Flask and NoSQL projects.</li>
 <li>Updated NoSQL data store page with specific open source projects.</li>
 <li>Added diagram to source control page.</li>
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diff --git a/logging.html b/logging.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ <h2>Logging levels</h2>
 </ol>
 <p>Logging errors that occur while a web framework is running is crucial to
 understanding how your application is performing. </p>
-<h2>Logging Aggregators</h2>
+<h2>Logging aggregators</h2>
 <p>When you are running your application on several servers, it is helpful
 to have a monitoring tool called a "logging aggregator". You can configure 
 your application to forward your system and application logs to one location 
@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ <h2>Logging Aggregators</h2>
 <p>Another advantage of log aggregatortion tools is they allow you to set up 
 custom alerts and alarms so you can get notified when error rates breach a 
 certain threshold.</p>
-<h3>Open Source Log Aggregators</h3>
+<h3>Open source log aggregators</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>
-<p><a href="http://raven.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">Raven</a> is a Python client for the
-  <a href="https://github.com/getsentry/sentry">Sentry</a> exception logging and 
-  aggregation application. Raven can also be used by Python scripts to send 
-  other log data to Sentry for aggregation. Sentry provides a clean web 
-  application interface for viewing the exceptions. </p>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/getsentry/sentry">Sentry</a> started as a Django-only
+  exception handling service but now has separate logging clients to cover 
+  almost all major languages and frameworks. It still works really well for 
+  Python-powered web applications and is often used in conjunction with other 
+  monitoring tools. <a href="http://raven.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">Raven</a> is open
+  source Python client for Sentry.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
 <p><a href="http://graylog2.org/">Graylog2</a> provides a central server for log 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ <h3>Open Source Log Aggregators</h3>
   used with any language. </p>
 </li>
 </ul>
-<h3>Hosted Log Aggregator Services</h3>
+<h3>Hosted logging services</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>
 <p><a href="https://www.loggly.com/">Loggly</a> Loggly is a third party cloud based 
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ <h3>Hosted Log Aggregator Services</h3>
 <p><a href="https://www.scalyr.com/">Scalyr</a> provides log aggregation, dashboards,
   alerts and search in a user interface on top of standard logs.</p>
 </li>
+<li>
+<p>There is a <a href="https://www.getsentry.com/welcome/">hosted version of Sentry</a>
+  in case you do not have the time to set up the open source project yourself.</p>
+</li>
 </ul>
 <h2>Logging resources</h2>
 <ul>
diff --git a/monitoring.html b/monitoring.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ <h2>Monitoring layers</h2>
 <li>Browser rendering time for the application</li>
 <li>Database querying performance</li>
 </ol>
-<h2>Monitoring Third Party Services</h2>
+<h2>Hosted monitoring services</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>
 <p><a href="http://newrelic.com/">New Relic</a>. Application and database monitoring as
diff --git a/source/content/pages/08-monitoring-analytics/0801-logging.markdown b/source/content/pages/08-monitoring-analytics/0801-logging.markdown
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Logging errors that occur while a web framework is running is crucial to
 understanding how your application is performing. 
 
 
-## Logging Aggregators
+## Logging aggregators
 When you are running your application on several servers, it is helpful
 to have a monitoring tool called a "logging aggregator". You can configure 
 your application to forward your system and application logs to one location 
@@ -52,12 +52,13 @@ custom alerts and alarms so you can get notified when error rates breach a
 certain threshold.
 
 
-### Open Source Log Aggregators
-* [Raven](http://raven.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) is a Python client for the
-  [Sentry](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry) exception logging and 
-  aggregation application. Raven can also be used by Python scripts to send 
-  other log data to Sentry for aggregation. Sentry provides a clean web 
-  application interface for viewing the exceptions. 
+### Open source log aggregators
+* [Sentry](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry) started as a Django-only
+  exception handling service but now has separate logging clients to cover 
+  almost all major languages and frameworks. It still works really well for 
+  Python-powered web applications and is often used in conjunction with other 
+  monitoring tools. [Raven](http://raven.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) is open
+  source Python client for Sentry.
 
 * [Graylog2](http://graylog2.org/) provides a central server for log 
   aggregation as well as a GUI for browsing and searching through log events. 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ certain threshold.
   used with any language. 
 
 
-### Hosted Log Aggregator Services
+### Hosted logging services
 * [Loggly](https://www.loggly.com/) Loggly is a third party cloud based 
   application that aggregates logs. They have instructions for every major 
   language, including python. It includes email alerting on custom searches. 
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ certain threshold.
 * [Scalyr](https://www.scalyr.com/) provides log aggregation, dashboards,
   alerts and search in a user interface on top of standard logs.
 
+* There is a [hosted version of Sentry](https://www.getsentry.com/welcome/)
+  in case you do not have the time to set up the open source project yourself.
+
 
 ## Logging resources
 * This 
diff --git a/source/content/pages/08-monitoring-analytics/0803-monitoring.markdown b/source/content/pages/08-monitoring-analytics/0803-monitoring.markdown
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ application is read-heavy, write-heavy, or subject to rapid swings in traffic.
 5. Database querying performance
 
 
-## Monitoring Third Party Services
+## Hosted monitoring services
 * [New Relic](http://newrelic.com/). Application and database monitoring as
   well as plug ins for capturing and analyzing additional data about tools in
   your stack.
diff --git a/source/content/pages/10-misc/1005-change-log.markdown b/source/content/pages/10-misc/1005-change-log.markdown
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ the
 
 ## 2014
 ### June
+* Added more monitoring and logging resources.
 * New resources for Flask and NoSQL projects.
 * Updated NoSQL data store page with specific open source projects.
 * Added diagram to source control page.

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