Leap in Log Collection Efficiency: Comprehensive Upgrade from iLogtail to LoongCollector

This article introduces LoongCollector, a comprehensive upgrade from iLogtail that boosts log collection efficiency, pipeline flexibility, and overall performance in observable data management. Review of iLogtail Development History ● In 2013, the first version of iLogtail was introduced alongside the Apsara 5K system. The Apsara 5K project is a distributed operating system project that schedules 5,000 computers to work together as a supercomputer. At that time, the purpose of developing iLogtail was simple: to collect log data distributed across thousands of machines into a central data warehouse for easy access and analysis. In this phase, iLogtail focuses on basic log collection. Its typical technical features include real-time log collection via inotify-driven change detection, Apsara log parsing and structuring, real-time transmission of logs to remote storage, and basic self-monitoring log reporting. ● In 2015, Alibaba began to migrate its group businesses to the cloud. Double 11