> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nxtsight.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# nxtLog — Log Management

> Centralized log ingestion, indexed search, retention policies, and audit-grade evidence across the estate.

nxtLog is the NxtSight centralized log-management platform. High-throughput ingestion from syslog, agents, and APIs is indexed for fast search and paired with dashboards, retention policies, and exportable evidence — the system of record behind security, operations, and compliance.

<Card title="nxtLog on NxtSight.tech" icon="external-link" href="https://nxtsight.com/products/log" color="#0b5ed7" horizontal>
  Product overview, editions, and datasheet
</Card>

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## Documentation

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Log Analytics" icon="search" href="/services/monitoring/user-guide/log-analytics" color="#0b5ed7">
    Full-text search, pattern detection, and saved queries
  </Card>

  <Card title="Log Collection" icon="settings" href="/services/monitoring/admin-guide/log-collection" color="#0b5ed7">
    Collector configuration, parsing rules, and shipping pipelines
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Key Capabilities

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Ingest Everything" icon="database">
    Syslog, agents, cloud, and application logs at high throughput, from every corner of the estate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Search in Seconds" icon="search">
    Indexed storage and a query engine that turns millions of events into an answer, fast.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Retention and Compliance" icon="archive">
    Policy-driven retention, tamper-evident storage, and exportable evidence for auditors.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dashboards and Alerts" icon="bell">
    Live dashboards and threshold alerts that surface what matters before it escalates.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Platform Architecture

<Accordion title="Search and dashboards" icon="search" defaultOpen>
  Query engine, visualization, and alerting. Built on Grafana.

  **Fast search · Dashboards · Alerts**
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Index and store" icon="database">
  Scalable indexed storage with retention policies. Built on OpenSearch.

  **Hot / warm / cold tiers · Tamper-evident storage**
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Ingestion" icon="download">
  Syslog receivers, agents, and API intake.

  **Syslog · Beats and agents · Cloud logs**
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Sources" icon="server">
  Every system in the estate.

  **Servers · Network devices · Applications**
</Accordion>

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## Editions

| Edition         | Includes                                                       |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Managed Log** | Ingestion, search, retention, and dashboards, operated for you |

<Note>
  Retention policy is the decision that drives cost and audit posture. Set it against your compliance obligation before sizing storage — see [Retention Policies](/services/monitoring/admin-guide/retention).
</Note>

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## Related Products

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  <Card title="nxtRadar" icon="radar" href="/products/nxtradar" color="#0b5ed7">
    Observability and network monitoring — metrics and traces alongside nxtLog events
  </Card>

  <Card title="nxtGuard" icon="shield" href="/products/nxtguard" color="#0b5ed7">
    SIEM and security operations, consuming nxtLog as its detection substrate
  </Card>

  <Card title="Nxt Cloud Suite" icon="cloud" href="/products/cloud-suite" color="#0b5ed7">
    nxtLog collects from workloads running on the Nxt Cloud Suite platform
  </Card>
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## Next Steps

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  <Card title="Retention Policies" icon="archive" href="/services/monitoring/admin-guide/retention" color="#0b5ed7">
    Configure tiering, retention windows, and archival
  </Card>

  <Card title="Compliance" icon="clipboard-check" href="/security/compliance" color="#0b5ed7">
    Audit evidence, log integrity, and framework alignment
  </Card>
</CardGroup>