Getting Started - Graylog v1.x

No one is born a master. Use this page if you need assistance with your first steps. Make sure to ask the community if you should get stuck.

1

Send in first log messages

Graylog is pretty useless without some log data in it. Let's start by sending in some messages.
2

Do something with your data

Perform searches to solve some example use cases and get a feeling for the basic Graylog search functionalities.
3

Create a dashboard

Dashboards are a great way to organize information that you look at often. Learn how to create them and how to add widgets with interesting information.
4

Be alerted

Immediately receive alerts and trigger actions when something interesting or unusual happens.

Head over to the documentation and learn about Graylog in more depth.