A remote logging agent is provided for accessing application log data from one or more servers. One method comprises: obtaining a logging configuration file for an application that identifies one or more servers associated with the application, a communication protocol and authentication credentials for accessing the identified servers, a path where log data is stored on the identified servers, and a storage destination for storing log data obtained from the identified servers; establishing, using a logging agent, a connection to the identified servers using the communication protocol and the authentication credentials, wherein the logging agent is distinct and remote from the application and the identified servers; obtaining, using the logging agent, the log data from the identified servers using the path; and storing, using the logging agent, the log data from the identified servers in the one storage destination specified for storing the obtained log data.