Hosting - Activity
Logging
Recording what a system did and when so activity and problems can be investigated later
What's it for?
Creates a record of what a system did so problems can be investigated and past activity can be checked.
For example…
Support asks why an invoice failed; engineers search logs for the order ID and see a payment gateway timeout at 14:03
Application logging records that order 84721 failed at 14:03 because the payment provider timed out, giving support a concrete trail to investigate.
Think of it like…
Ship’s diary: not every wave is written down, but the important events leave a trail