Configuring the metrics bucket for an IBM Cloud Logs instance

Prereqs

• You must have a IBM Cloud Object Storage instance in the same account where your IBM Cloud Logs instance is provisioned.
• You must have permissions to create a bucket in the IBM Cloud Object Storage instance or have the details of an existing bucket.

Configure an IAM Service to service authorization

You must define a service to service (S2S) authorization between IBM Cloud Logs and IBM Cloud Object Storage to allow IBM Cloud Logs to read and write data into the data bucket. For more information, see Creating a S2S authorization to grant access to a bucket.

Configure the data bucket

Complete the following steps to configure a metrics bucket for a IBM Cloud Logs instance:

1. Log in to your IBM Cloud account.

   After you log in with your user ID and password, the IBM Cloud dashboard opens.

2. Click the Menu icon > Observability.

3. Select Logging > Instances. You might need to click the Cloud Logs tab to see your IBM Cloud Logs instances.

4. Select the instance to which you want to configure a metrics bucket.

5. In the Storage section, select Edit.

6. In the Events to metrics data section, configure the Bucket CRN, and the Bucket endpoint.

   Select Insert CRN from search to get the list of buckets in your account. You can choose a CRN from the list.

   Select View endpoints in docs to find the endpoints per location. Choose the endpoint based on your bucket configuration.

7. Click Save to save the configuration.