Context enriched distributed logging services for workloads in a datacenter

摘要

A method of enhancing log packets with context metadata is provided. The method at a redirecting filter on a host in a datacenter, intercepts a packet from a data compute node (DCN) of a datacenter tenant. The method determines that the intercepted packet is a log packet. The method forwards the log packet and a first set of associated context metadata to a proxy logging server. The first set of context metadata is associated with the log packet based on the DCN that generated the packet. The method, at the proxy logging server, associates a second set of context metadata with the log packet. The second set of context metadata is received from a compute manager of the datacenter. The method sending the log packet and the first and second sets of context metadata from the proxy logging server to a central logging server associated with the tenant.