Day 9: Create a log shipping client that forwards logs to the TCP server

Building a Log Shipping Client: Connecting Distributed Systems

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Log Shipping

2. Log Shipping in the Distributed Systems Landscape

3. Architectural Considerations for Log Shipping Clients

4. Building Your First Log Shipping Client

   • Project Setup

   • Core Implementation

   • Testing Locally

5. Containerizing Your Log Shipping Client

   • Dockerfile Creation

   • Container Network Communication

6. Testing the Complete Solution

   • Unit Testing

   • Integration Testing

7. Real-world Applications of Log Shipping

8. Assignment: Enhanced Log Shipping with Buffering and Retries

9. Assignment Solution

10. Next Steps in Your Distributed Systems Journey

1. Introduction to Log Shipping

Welcome to Day 9 of our distributed systems implementation journey! Today, we're going to build a log shipping client that forwards logs to the TCP server we created in our previous lesson.

Log shipping is a fundamental concept in distributed systems – it's how we move valuable information (logs) from where they're generated to where they're stored and analyzed. Think of logs as the "digital breadcrumbs" that applications leave behind, showing exactly what happened and when.