Name: From Chaos To Clarity: Scaling Observability at Dropbox With Centralized Logging Solution - Alok Ranjan, Dropbox Inc
Start: 2025-04-01T14:05:00+0100
End: 2025-04-01T14:30:00+0100

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Tuesday April 1, 2025 14:05 - 14:30 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance S10 | Room C

At Dropbox, managing observability for systems producing terabytes of logs daily posed a unique challenge. Initially, developers accessed logs by logging into individual servers, a process further complicated when we moved to containers. Containers are short-lived, which caused logs to disappear on termination. This highlighted the need for a scalable, persisted, centralized solution using open-source tools.

In this session, I’ll discuss our journey to build a robust observability framework centered on Loki as our logging solution. Scaling Loki to Dropbox’s data volume required extensive optimizations for reliable, efficient query performance. I’ll cover our deployment, challenges, and strategies for achieving high-performance logging.

We also integrated Grafana to unify logs and metrics in a single view, enhancing troubleshooting and security. Join us to learn how Dropbox scaled its observability with open-source solutions and key lessons from our experience.

Speakers

Alok Ranjan

Software Engineering Manager, Dropbox Inc

Hello, I’m Alok Ranjan, an Engineering Manager focused on observability and reliability in high-scale systems. Recently, I led the implementation of Dropbox’s first unstructured logging solution using Loki, centralizing log access and optimizing query performance for terabytes... Read More →

Tuesday April 1, 2025 14:05 - 14:30 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance S10 | Room C

Observability Day, End-user Talks about Observability Implementations

Content Experience Level Intermediate
Event + Breaks Observability Day

CNCF-hosted Co-located Events Europe 2025

Alok Ranjan

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