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Monitoring platform logs in IBM Cloud Logs

Monitoring platform logs in IBM Cloud Logs

You can use the IBM Cloud Logs service to monitor and alert on platform logs that are generated in an IBM Cloud account.

The following diagram shows the high level view when the destination is an IBM Cloud Logs instance:

Flow of logs
Flow of logs

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 a 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.

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Central model

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.

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

Data locality model

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.

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
High-level view of the account when you adopt a data locality model