From 94d64e2763d5e692fc088555dec46c8ac6fd5368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Galasyn Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:18:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add guidance about logging to external system (#348) --- .../admin/configure/store-logs-in-an-external-system.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/datacenter/ucp/3.0/guides/admin/configure/store-logs-in-an-external-system.md b/datacenter/ucp/3.0/guides/admin/configure/store-logs-in-an-external-system.md index a14e80c976..ac9e3ac3df 100644 --- a/datacenter/ucp/3.0/guides/admin/configure/store-logs-in-an-external-system.md +++ b/datacenter/ucp/3.0/guides/admin/configure/store-logs-in-an-external-system.md @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ You can configure UCP for sending logs to a remote logging service: ![](../../images/configure-logs-1.png){: .with-border} +> External system for logs +> +> Administrators should configure Docker EE to store logs using an external +> system. By default, the Docker daemon doesn't delete logs, which means that +> in a production system with intense usage, your logs can consume a +> significant amount of disk space. +{: .important} + ## Example: Setting up an ELK stack One popular logging stack is composed of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and