Kubesense

Logs

KubeSense provides centralized log management with powerful search, filtering, and pipeline capabilities for all logs across your infrastructure. Ingest logs from Kubernetes workloads, virtual machines, and bare-metal servers through OpenTelemetry and direct collection — then search, analyze, and transform them in real time.

Log Explorer

The Log Explorer is the primary interface for searching, filtering, and analyzing your logs.

SectionDescription
Log Table & ViewsBrowse logs in table view with single-line, wrap-lines, and raw view modes. Visualize log volume with the trend graph.
Filters & Interesting FieldsNarrow down logs using faceted filters (type, source, format, workload, namespace, node) and auto-extracted field patterns.
Search & QueryingBasic tag-based search, advanced SQL-like queries, and SPL for complex analytics.
Log Detail ViewDeep-dive into individual logs with attributes, related logs, correlated traces, and infrastructure metrics.
Saved ViewsSave and share search configurations across your team.
Explorer ViewBuild aggregations, charts, and dashboards from log data.

Log Pipelines

Log Pipelines allow you to transform, enrich, filter, and process logs before they are indexed.

Rule TypeDescription
ParseParse unstructured logs into structured JSON using named regex groups.
ExtractExtract specific values from logs as JSON keys using regex.
JSON ExtractPromote nested JSON fields to top-level metadata fields.
ReplaceRedact sensitive data, fix log structure, or modify field values.
BlockDrop noisy or unwanted logs using regex-based filtering.
Timestamp ExtractUse the application's own timestamp instead of ingestion time.
Remove FieldsRemove unnecessary fields before indexing to reduce storage.
Add FieldEnrich logs with new fields (e.g., team, environment).
Creating PipelinesStep-by-step guide to creating and managing pipeline rule groups.

Search Processing Language (SPL)

The SPL Reference Guide is a comprehensive reference for KubeSense's built-in pipeline query language. SPL enables advanced log analytics including aggregations, field extraction, time-series analysis, deduplication, and more — all from within the Log Explorer search bar.