Splunk (www.splunk.com) is an IT search engine.  It enables you to search and navigate all your logs and IT data in real time. It indexes logs and other data from any application, server or network so you can search and navigate them in real time.

• You can use Splunk to search and navigate IT data from applications, servers, and network devices in real-time.
• Data sources include logs, configurations, messages, alerts, scripts, code, metrics, etc. 
• Splunk lets you search, navigate, alert, and report on all your IT data in real-time using Splunk Web.

How can I use Splunk with RightScale?

Splunk is an extremely powerful tool that you can use for data analysis, reports, and troubleshooting.  

Launch a Splunk Indexer inside your deployment using the "SPLUNK Indexer" ServerTemplate. Simply add a single RightScript to any server(s) in your deployment to configure them to forward their data to the Splunk Indexer.  Then login to the Indexer's Splunk page and you'll be able to take advantage of Splunk's powerful search and analysis features.