Getting Started with LogScale

Move your first steps in learning LogScale log management platform

Workflow 1

New to LogScale?

Start with the fundamentals

If you are using LogScale for the first time, these steps guide you through the basics.

  • What is log management?
  • What is LogScale?
  • Try LogScale
  • Understand LogScale foundations
  • Learn LogScale architecture and design
  • Navigate LogScale web interface for the first time
Start Here Workflow 2

Ready to Use LogScale?

I know what LogScale is - show me some how-to quick links

Want to jump right in and do something in LogScale? Here are the most popular activities you might want to do.

  • Ingest data with Falcon LogScale Collector
  • Search Data
  • Write Queries
  • Visualize Data in Dashboards and Widgets
  • Set up your deployment if you are a Self-Hosted customer
  • Use Falcon LogScale through HTTP APIs
  • Integrate LogScale with packages
Start Here

New to LogScale?

Understand what is LogScale and what is log management.

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Getting Started with LogScale

Understand what is LogScale and what is log management

What is LogScale?

conceptbeginner

An overview of how LogScale operates and its logical flow: from ingesting data to running queries, to creating dashboards through the web interface.
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Try LogScale

Use a demonstrative, interacting tutorial

LogScale built-in tutorial

tutorialbeginner

Tutorial walk-through.
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Terminology reference and introductory videos

Understand LogScale through a list of common terms list and with introductory videos

Video series

tutorialbeginner

A series of videos that introduce foundational concepts, as well as more advanced concepts.

Terminology reference

referenceadvanced

Glossary of LogScale terms
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LogScale Architecture and Design Principles

Successive levels of detail into how LogScale works

Architecture and design principles

conceptintermediate

Logical, operational, physical architecture of LogScale.
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Navigate LogScale web interface for the first time

Explore elements, page layouts and components of LogScale user interface

Navigate the web interface

guideintermediate

LogScale user interface elements provide access to log search, analysis, and management features.

Ready to use __ls_name__?

Want to jump right in and do something in LogScale? Here are the most popular activities you might want to do:

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Ingest data using LogScale's native log shipper

Send logs and events to LogScale repositories using the native log collector

Ingest data using Falcon LogScale Collector

guideintermediate

The __lc_name__ can collect and send events to a LogScale repository, using LogScale ingest tokens to route data to the relevant repositories.
2

Search Data

Learn how to search and filter log data using the web interface

Search through your data

guideintermediate

Use the search interface to find specific events, filter by time ranges, and explore your log data
3

Write Queries

Master query writing, management, and optimization techniques

Write and manage queries

guideadvanced

Guidelines for query management, best practice for writing performant queries, list of commonly used queries
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Visualize Data

Create dashboards and widgets to visualize your search results

Data Visualization

guideintermediate

Customize your data visualization through dashboards and widgets
5

Deploy your own Self-Hosted LogScale instance

Set up and manage your own LogScale deployment for Self-Hosted customers

Deployment

guideintermediate

How to manage your own installation of LogScale
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Use Falcon LogScale through HTTP APIs

Automate and integrate LogScale using REST APIs

API Reference

apiintermediate

Everything you can do in LogScale's UI can be done through APIs
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Integrate LogScale with packages

Extend LogScale functionality with marketplace integrations

Package Marketplace

guideintermediate

Integrate your LogScale instance with additional platforms, software applications, or open source products