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Log management best practices, architecture deep dives, and the latest from Purl.

Migrating from ELK Stack to Purl: A Complete Guide

Step-by-step guide to migrate your logging infrastructure from Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana to Purl with zero downtime.

February 10, 20268 min read

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How Purl Stores and Searches Logs in ClickHouse

A deep dive into Purl's architecture: why we chose ClickHouse, the schema the server actually creates, and what ingest and search measured on the stack we ship.

February 5, 20267 min read

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Self-Hosted vs Cloud Log Management: The Real Cost Comparison

We work through Datadog and CloudWatch list prices at 100GB/day and compare them with the total cost of self-hosting Purl on your own hardware.

January 28, 20266 min read

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Setting Up Log Alerts with Purl: Telegram, Slack, and Webhooks

A practical guide to configuring real-time log alerts in Purl. Send notifications to Telegram, Slack, or any webhook endpoint when critical events occur.

January 20, 20266 min read

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Introducing OTLP Support: OpenTelemetry Native Log Ingestion

Purl now natively supports OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) for log ingestion. Send logs from any OTLP-compatible source without format conversion.

January 15, 20265 min read