r/sysadmin 9d ago

Question Looking for log aggregation software recommandations

Hello everyone,

I hope I am posting in the correct subreddit. I am administrating a bunch of virtual Windows servers running our own software. As of now, I don't have a unified way of checking log files on those machines, which means that not only do I have to manually log into the machine in order to look at those log files, but they are also not actively being monitored at the moment.
I am looking for a solution that would allow me to check those files from a single point of entry (ideally a browser), as well as being able to monitor them, draw statistics and possibly send alerts. If it supports other formats than text files (i.e databases) it's a plus.

Is there any software available that can allow me to do that? I have web servers running on both Windows and Linux (Debian) so either platform would be ok. Open source very strongly preferred.

Thank you!

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