SolarWinds Papertrail: Cloud-Native Log Management

Name: SolarWinds Papertrail: Cloud-Native Log Management
Uploaded: 2026-07-09T07:23:41-04:00
Duration: 1 min 56 s
Description: Learn more: https://slrwnds.com/papertrail SolarWinds® Papertrail™ consolidates logs from all your systems and applications to help provide instant visibility into your log data. - Speed up troubleshooting with full text search and the ability to view,...

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07/09/2026

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TL;DR

SolarWinds Papertrail provides cloud-native log management with real-time search across multiple sources through a single interface, requiring no specialized query language or installation.
The platform offers contextual log analysis by enabling drill-down into specific log elements, event volume visualizations for trend spotting, and saved searches that can trigger scheduled alerts.
Papertrail integrates with SolarWinds AppOptics for full-stack APM visibility, allowing engineers to correlate logs with application traces and metrics without losing troubleshooting context.

Summary

This product demonstration introduces SolarWinds Papertrail, a cloud-native log management solution designed to simplify troubleshooting and log analysis for engineering teams. The video showcases Papertrail's core capabilities, including real-time log streaming from multiple sources accessible through a unified search interface that requires no specialized query language. Key features highlighted include the ability to drill down into log elements like program names, user IDs, and IP addresses for contextual analysis, as well as event volume visualizations that help identify trends and anomalies in log data. The platform emphasizes ease of deployment with a cloud-native architecture requiring no installation, supporting rapid setup through standard syslog daemons or SolarWinds' own collector. Integration with SolarWinds AppOptics extends visibility into full-stack application performance monitoring, enabling seamless transitions between traces, metrics, and logs. Papertrail positions itself as an engineer-friendly solution that removes complexity from log management while providing powerful search, alerting, and visualization capabilities for distributed system troubleshooting.

Chapters

0:00 - Introduction to Papertrail
0:16 - Live Log Search Capabilities
0:45 - Event Visualization and Analysis
1:13 - AppOptics Integration and Setup

Key Quotes

0:08 "Designed by engineers, for engineers, Papertrail helps you troubleshoot quickly and get the most from your log data."
0:21 "Find the events you need, without having to learn a new query language."
1:39 "And because it's cloud-native, there's nothing to install."

FAQ

What log sources does Papertrail support?

Papertrail consolidates logs from nearly any source including syslog, MySQL, Apache, routers, firewalls, Ruby on Rails, Tomcat, and JSON formats. It works with any common syslog daemon or SolarWinds' own collector to aggregate data from distributed systems into a unified search interface.

How does Papertrail integrate with application performance monitoring?

Papertrail integrates seamlessly with SolarWinds AppOptics to provide full-stack APM visibility. This integration allows engineers to switch between application traces, performance metrics, and log data without losing troubleshooting context, enabling faster root cause analysis across the entire application stack.

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