Install or Upgrade Log Analyzer

SolarWinds strongly recommends that you install the SolarWinds Platform on a server that is neither public, nor internet-facing. To learn about best practices for configuring your SolarWinds Platform installation securely, see Secure Configuration for the SolarWinds Platform.

Log Analyzer is a fully-integrated log management solution that is accessible through your SolarWinds Platform Web Console. Upon installation, you can instantly view live event messages from nodes currently integrated with the SolarWinds Platform, and quickly map unknown devices through the Node Management feature. Key benefits include live event filtering to target and identify current network issues, and seamless transitions between critical event messages and associated SolarWinds Platform products for on-the-spot troubleshooting and issue resolution.

Install LA

To install LA on premises, see the SolarWinds Platform Products Installation and Upgrade Guide. This guide helps you prepare your environment and install LA using the SolarWinds Platform installer.

To deploy LA in the cloud, see one of the following topics:

• Deploy SolarWinds Platform products to Microsoft Azure
• Install SolarWinds Platform products using Azure Marketplace

Upgrade LA

You can upgrade LA directly from the SolarWinds Platform Web Console (Settings > My Deployment).

Do you need to migrate as part of your upgrade? See the Migration Guide.

To upgrade LA and other SolarWinds Platform products, see the SolarWinds Platform Products Installation and Upgrade Guide.

To upgrade your scalability engines (Additional Polling Engines, Additional Web Servers, High Availability servers), see Options for upgrading scalability engines.