Syslogs Fault Analytics for Network Device

Apache Kafka PySpark MySQL Docker

Comprehensive Data Pipeline for Processing Syslogs and Fault Data Across Jio's Pan-India Cisco Network Infrastructure

Project Objective

To design and implement a comprehensive data pipeline for processing syslogs and fault data across Jio's pan-India Cisco network devices, enabling real-time fault detection, analysis, and proactive network maintenance through advanced analytics and alerting capabilities.

  • Build scalable syslog processing pipeline for pan-India network infrastructure
  • Implement real-time fault detection and analysis system
  • Develop data cleaning, masking, and enrichment workflows
  • Create near real-time alerting and notification system
  • Enable proactive network fault management and response

Project Description

The Syslogs Fault Analytics project established a robust, enterprise-scale data processing system for Jio's pan-India Cisco network infrastructure. The system processes millions of syslog entries daily, providing comprehensive fault analysis, real-time monitoring, and proactive alerting capabilities to ensure optimal network performance and reliability.

Syslog Data Processing

Advanced syslog parsing, data cleaning, masking, and structuring workflows to transform raw network logs into actionable insights across thousands of Cisco devices.

Real-time Log Ingestion

Scalable Kafka producer/consumer streams enabling high-throughput, real-time log ingestion and processing from distributed network infrastructure.

Fault Detection & Alerts

Intelligent fault detection algorithms with near real-time alerting and notification system to improve network fault response and minimize downtime.

Data Aggregation & Analytics

Sophisticated data aggregation mechanisms to consolidate fault events and provide comprehensive analytics for network performance optimization.

Technical Stack

Stream Processing

Apache Kafka Apache Spark Streaming

Data Processing & Analytics

PySpark Apache Spark HDFS

Storage & Database

MySQL HDFS Apache Parquet Redis

Infrastructure & DevOps

Docker Linux Shell Scripting

My Contribution

Data Pipeline Architecture Design

Designed the complete end-to-end data pipeline architecture for processing syslogs and fault data from thousands of Cisco network devices across Jio's pan-India infrastructure.

Syslog Processing Workflows

Developed comprehensive syslog parsing, data cleaning, masking, and structuring workflows to ensure high-quality data processing and compliance with security requirements.

Kafka Cluster setup

Setup a 17 node Kafka cluster, built and optimized Kafka producer/consumer streams for scalable, real-time log ingestion and processing, handling high-volume network data with minimal latency.

Data Enrichment & Aggregation

Implemented sophisticated data enrichment workflows and aggregation mechanisms to consolidate fault events and provide meaningful insights for network operations.

Real-time Alerting System

Developed a near real-time alerting and notification system to improve network fault detection and response times, enabling proactive network maintenance.

Business Outcome

Faster Fault Detection

Real-time syslog processing and intelligent fault detection significantly reduced mean time to identify network issues.

Improved Response Time

Near real-time alerting system enabled faster response to network faults and proactive maintenance scheduling.

Daily Log Processing

System successfully processes over 2 TB's of size syslogs entries daily from pan-India network infrastructure.

Key Business Impacts:

  • Enhanced Network Reliability: Proactive fault detection and alerting significantly improved overall network stability and reduced service disruptions
  • Operational Excellence: Automated syslog processing and fault analysis reduced manual monitoring efforts and enabled data-driven network operations
  • Cost Reduction: Early fault detection and proactive maintenance helped minimize network downtime and associated revenue losses
  • Scalable Infrastructure: Robust pipeline architecture designed to handle growing network infrastructure and increasing log volumes
  • Better Decision Making: Comprehensive fault analytics and aggregated insights enabled informed network planning and capacity management decisions