Listing flow log collectors

Listing flow log collectors in the UI

To list your flow log collectors by using the IBM Cloud console:

1. From your browser, open the IBM Cloud console and log in to your account.
2. Select the Navigation Menu , then click > Infrastructure > Network > Flow logs. If available, a list of provisioned flow log collectors shows.

Flow log collector attributes shown in the table are as follows:

• Name - The flow log name.
• Status - The status of the flow log collector (Example: Stable, Failed, Pending).
• Active - On/Off flag for the flow log. If Active, the flow log collector is set to write log files. If Suspended, the collector is deactivated and not writing log files.
• Target - The specified resource the collector logs traffic for.
• Target type - The type of target (for example, VPC, Subject, Instance).*
• Object Storage Bucket - The selected IBM Cloud Object Storage bucket where the system saves flow log files.
• Resource group - Resource group associated with this flow log.
• Created date (Local) - Date created, specified in your local browser time zone.

Listing flow log collectors from the CLI

To list all your flow logs, run the following command:

ibmcloud is flow-logs \
  [--resource-group-id RESOURCE_GROUP_ID | --resource-group-name RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME]
  [--json]

Where:

• --resource-group-id is the ID of the resource group. This option is mutually exclusive with --resource-group-name.
• --resource-group-name is the name of the resource group. This option is mutually exclusive with --resource-group-id.
• --json formats the output in JSON.

Listing flow log collectors with the API

To list flow log collectors by using the API, follow these steps:

1. Set up your API environment with the right variables.
2. When all variables are initiated, list your flow log collectors:

curl -sS -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: $iam_token" \
  "$vpc_api_endpoint/v1/flow_log_collectors?version=$api_version&generation=2" | jq