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name: cloud-logs-instance-launch
title: Navigating to the UI
description: After you provision an instance of the IBM® Cloud Logs service in the IBM Cloud, and configure a logging agent for a log data source, you can view, monitor, and manage logs through the IBM Cloud Logs UI.
last-updated: 2024-10-09
---

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# Navigating to the UI
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After you provision an instance of the IBM® Cloud Logs service in the IBM Cloud, and configure a logging agent for a log data source, you can view, monitor, and manage logs through the IBM Cloud Logs UI.
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## Granting IAM policies to a user to launch the UI
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Users in your account need permissions to launch the UI.

You must be an administrator of the IBM Cloud Logs service, an administrator of an IBM Cloud Logs instance, or have account IAM permissions to grant other users policies.
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The following table lists the minimum policies that a user must have to be able to launch the UI and view data:

| Service                              | Role                      | Permission granted       |
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| `IBM Cloud Logs` | Platform role: Viewer     | Allows the user to view the list of service instances in the Observability Logging Instances dashboard. |
| `IBM Cloud Logs` | Service role: Reader      | Allows the user to launch the UI and view logs.    |
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For more information on how to configure these policies for a user, see [Granting permissions to a user to view logs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-logs?topic=cloud-logs-iam-assign-access&interface=ui&format=markdown).


## Launching the UI through the IBM Cloud UI
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You launch the logging UI within the context of an IBM Cloud Logs instance, from the IBM Cloud console.

Complete the following steps to launch the UI:

1. [Log in to your IBM Cloud account](https://cloud.ibm.com/login){: external}.

2. Click the **Menu** icon ![Menu icon](/icons/icon_hamburger.svg) > **Observability**.

3. Click **Logging**. By default **Instances** are displayed. 

4. Click the **Cloud Logs** tab.

   The list of instances that are available on IBM Cloud is displayed.

   If the instances are not displayed, click **Instances** > **Cloud Logs** to display the list of logging instances.

4. Click **Open dashboard** for your selected instance.

The UI opens in a new browser tab.