Centralized logging for distributed applications with pyzmq

Simpler distributed applications can take advantage of centralized logging. PyZMQ, a Python bindings for ØMQ provides log handlers for the python logging module and can be easily used for this purpose. Log handlers utilizes ØMQ Pub/Sub pattern and broadcasts log messages through a PUB socket. It is quite easy to construct the message collector and write messages to a central location.

         +-------------+
         |Machine1:App1+-------------------------
         +-------------+                        |
                                         +---------------+
         +-------------..................|Machine3:Logger|
         |Machine1:App2|                 +---------------+
         +-------------+                          |
                                                  |
                   +-------------+                |
                   |Machine2:App1|-----------------
                   +-------------+