> Logging is a whole different beast. Especially if you even think about Elastic.
I think you kinda have to have something like Elastic. (Not necessarily Elastic, but honestly, I've yet to see anything better. Which … isn't great.) As soon as you're dealing with multiple services or multiple instances of a service, you'll want some way to aggregate logs. Even for a single service, on a single instance, some way to search logs (no, grep does not count), and at some point, alert.
Take a look at Grafana Loki. It’s a log aggregator designed for ease of operation. With some compromises on query capabilities instead, well worth it as it’s still incredibly powerful.
I think you kinda have to have something like Elastic. (Not necessarily Elastic, but honestly, I've yet to see anything better. Which … isn't great.) As soon as you're dealing with multiple services or multiple instances of a service, you'll want some way to aggregate logs. Even for a single service, on a single instance, some way to search logs (no, grep does not count), and at some point, alert.