Stop Paying for Expensive Logging: Self-Hosted ClickHouse on Kubernetes
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Stop Paying for Expensive Logging: Self-Hosted ClickHouse on Kubernetes
"Centralized logging is crucial for understanding application behavior in Kubernetes, but the cost of storing those logs can quickly spiral out of control. ClickHouse is changing that narrative. It provides a high-performance, cost-effective alternative to traditional logging stacks, delivering lightning-fast query speeds that significantly reduces your infrastructure overhead. In this blog post, we're going to build a high-performance logging pipeline from the ground up."
"Harness the power of Fluent Bit, the industry-standard, lightweight log processor designed to handle high-throughput Kubernetes telemetry with minimal CPU overhead Integrate Grafana to visualize your logs in real-time Why ClickHouse for Logs? Before we dive in, let's understand why ClickHouse is excellent for logging: Speed: Queries on billions of rows in seconds Compression: 10-100x compression ratios Cost-Effective: Lower storage and compute costs SQL Interface: No need to learn new query languages"
ClickHouse provides high-performance, cost-effective centralized log storage suitable for Kubernetes environments, enabling lightning-fast queries over billions of rows and strong compression. Deploy ClickHouse on Minikube for local, scalable log storage, use Fluent Bit to collect and forward high-throughput Kubernetes telemetry with minimal CPU overhead, and integrate Grafana for real-time log visualization. The pipeline reduces storage and compute costs, preserves SQL querying, and scales to handle large telemetry volumes. The combined solution delivers low-overhead observability appropriate for production logging and operational troubleshooting.
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