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name: cloud-logs-cl-platform-logs
title: Monitoring platform logs in IBM Cloud Logs
description: You can use the IBM Cloud Logs service to monitor and alert on platform logs that are generated in an IBM Cloud account.
last-updated: 2025-06-24
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# Monitoring platform logs in IBM Cloud Logs
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You can use the IBM Cloud Logs service to monitor and alert on platform logs that are generated in an IBM Cloud account.
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The following diagram shows the high level view when the destination is an IBM Cloud Logs instance:

![Flow of logs](images/telemetry-platform-logs.png "Flow of logs"){: caption="Flow of logs" caption-side="bottom"}


Before you can monitor platform logs that are generated in an IBM Cloud account, you must configure the IBM Cloud Logs Routing service in the account to define what platform logs you want to collect, the destination where you want to monitor the platform logs, and the routing rules that define where the platform logs are routed.

- You can configure 1 or more IBM Cloud Logs instances in the account.
- The IBM Cloud Logs instances must be located in the same account where platform logs are generated.
- You can configure IBM Cloud Logs Routing to send logs from a region to an IBM Cloud Logs instance in another region if desired.
- You must define a service to service authorization between IBM Cloud Logs Routing and IBM Cloud Logs to grant permissions to the IBM Cloud Logs Routing service to send platform logs to the IBM Cloud Logs service.

For more information, see:
- [Getting started with IBM Cloud Logs Routing](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/logs-router?topic=logs-router-getting-started&format=markdown)
- [IBM Cloud services that generate platform logs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/logs-router?topic=logs-router-cloud_services&format=markdown)

## Central model
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Configure IBM Cloud Logs Routing in your account to route platform logs to 1 IBM Cloud Logs instance if you have a requirement to centralize platform logs.
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The following image shows a high-level view of the account when you adopt a central model:

![High-level view of the account when you adopt a central model](/images/migration-plat-logs-central.svg "Account overview of handling platform logs."){: caption="High-level view of the account when you adopt a central model}}" caption-side="bottom"}

## Data locality model
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Configure IBM Cloud Logs Routing in your account to route platform logs to multiple IBM Cloud Logs instances if you have a requirement to maintain data locality.
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The following image shows a high-level view of the account when you adopt a data locality model:

![High-level view of the account when you adopt a data locality model](/images/migration-plat-logs-many.svg "Account overview of handling platform logs."){: caption="High-level view of the account when you adopt a data locality model" caption-side="bottom"}