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Quick Start
Overview
Getting Started on Windows
Getting Started with Docker
What's New in 2021.3?
Getting Logs into Seq
Overview
Logging from .NET
Serilog
Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
NLog
log4net
Logging from Node.js
Logging from Python
Logging from Java
Logging from Ruby
Logging from Go
Ingestion with HTTP
Ingestion with GELF
Collecting Docker Container Logs
Collecting Kubernetes Logs
Other Log Sources
Syslog
RabbitMQ
Windows Event Logs
PowerShell
Scripts & Automation
Log Files
Application Health Checks
Using Seq
Search and Analyze Logs
Search Expression Syntax
Scalar Functions
Built-in Properties
Query Syntax
Aggregate Functions
Working with Dates and Times
Filter with Signals
Dashboarding
Alerting
Organizing Workspaces
Sending Notifications
Installing Output Apps
Notifying with Email
Notifying with Slack
Administration
Managing Users
OpenID Connect Authentication
Azure Active Directory Authentication
Active Directory Authentication
Retention Policies
Seq Apps
Managing Storage
Indexing
Deleting Events
Internal Error Reporting
Backup and Restore
Exporting Log Data
The Secret Key
Extending Cache Coverage
Deployment on Windows
Overview
System Requirements
Storage
URLs
HTTPS (TLS/SSL)
Named Instances
Service Account Requirements
Using SQL Server as a Metastore
Unattended Installation
Deployment Checklist
Deployment with Docker
Overview
Image Tags
Configuration
Init Scripts
Storage
Memory
HTTPS (TLS/SSL)
Running Server Commands
Getting a Shell to a Seq Container
Using PostgreSQL as a Metastore
Deployment in Kubernetes
Using Helm
Storage
Memory
Ingress
Deployment in Azure
Using a Virtual Machine
Using Kubernetes Services
Clustering
Setting up a Disaster Recovery (DR) Instance
Updating the Running Cluster
Recovery
Developer Guide
Using the HTTP API
Server API Endpoints
Writing Seq Apps in C#
Writing Seq Apps in Other Languages
Writing Custom Inputs
Audit Logging
Command-line Client
Troubleshooting
Ingestion Troubleshooting
Performance Troubleshooting
Stability Troubleshooting
Reference
Upgrading from earlier Seq versions
Server Command Line
Server Configuration
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Alert Properties
Data Store
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Making sense of how Seq stores event data on disk
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