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.
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To deploy LA in the cloud, see one of the following topics:
This guide helps you prepare your environment and install LA using the SolarWinds Platform installer.
LA version 2024.4.1 replaces existing legacy syslog and trap services from versions 2020.2.6 and earlier. When you install LA over the legacy syslog and trap services, the records remain in the database, but will not be used by LA. You can still access the records in the Syslog Viewer and Traps Viewer applications until they're removed by database maintenance after the retention period. All rules will remain available after the retention period. New syslog and trap messages will be stored in the dedicated LA database.
Upgrade LA
- 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.