Universal Syslog Connector for Cloud Event Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional syslog message collection methods require hardware-intensive setups with dedicated collectors for each location, are specific to each enterprise's implementation, and lack interoperability across different systems.
Innovation Solution
A universal syslog connector that transforms events from various endpoints to a standardized format, using a cloud event collector to aggregate events and an on-premises connector to convert them into syslog messages, enabling centralized management and compatibility with existing analysis tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional syslog collector is deployed at each location to collect events locally, then event collection reliability is improved, but hardware requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple geographically distributed collectors are merged into a single centralized cloud-based collector. The patent describes a cloud event collector that receives events from multiple endpoints across different locations, eliminating the need for separate physical collectors at each site while maintaining reliable event collection through centralized processing and redundancy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a distributed physical architecture to a virtualized cloud-based architecture. By moving the collector infrastructure to the cloud, the patent enables multiple locations to share a common collector resource accessed over the network, fundamentally changing the spatial dimension of event collection from local physical devices to remote virtual services.
2Adaptability or versatility
If enterprise-specific syslog agents are installed on each endpoint, then compatibility with legacy analysis systems is maintained, but ease of deployment and management deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal cloud event collector that can ingest events from multiple different endpoint types and formats through a single platform. The collector supports various event sources including syslog agents, application logs, and security events, providing multi-functional event collection capabilities that replace the need for location-specific customized agents.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud event collector acts as an intermediary between diverse event sources and legacy analysis systems. It receives events in various formats from endpoints, standardizes them into a common format, and forwards them to analysis systems, thereby maintaining compatibility with legacy tools while simplifying endpoint deployment requirements.
3Reliability
If dedicated collectors are deployed for each enterprise, then data security and control are improved, but scalability and resource utilization worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-tenant architecture that segments the shared cloud collector into isolated virtual environments for different enterprises. Each enterprise's events are processed in separate logical partitions, ensuring data control and security while sharing the same physical infrastructure, thereby enabling both scalability and data sovereignty.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters of the collector from dedicated physical hardware to virtualized cloud resources. This parameter change enables dynamic resource allocation, automatic scaling, and improved utilization while maintaining enterprise-specific data control through configuration and access management rather than physical isolation.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments provide systems and methods for logging events. A computer-implemented method, for example, includes a syslog connector providing a subscription to a cloud source that collects events from a plurality of data sources, the subscription comprising an event selection criterion, receiving event records from the cloud source according to the subscription, the received event records formatted according to a first format, transforming the event records received from the cloud source from the first format to syslog messages and storing, by the syslog connector, the syslog messages to a syslog data sink.