Creating a Log Transfer Task¶
Scenarios¶
This section describes how to create a log transfer task. Logs uploaded to Log Tank Service (LTS) can be stored for seven days. To store the logs for a longer period of time, you can transfer them to an Object Storage Service (OBS) bucket.
Prerequisites¶
You have created a log group.
You have created a log stream.
You have created an OBS bucket.
Procedure¶
Log in to the management console.
In the upper left corner of the management console, select the target region and project.
Click Service List and choose Management & Deployment > Log Tank Service.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose Log Transfer.
On the displayed page, click Create Log Transfer.
Figure 1 Configuring parameters for a log transfer task¶
On the displayed page, configure parameters.
Table 1 Parameters description¶ Parameter
Description
Example Value
Log Group Name
Specifies the log group name. Select a created log group.
lts-group-wule
Log Stream Name
Select a log stream.
LogTopic1
OBS Bucket
Specifies the created OBS bucket. If no OBS bucket is available, click View OBS Bucket.
obs-8a09
Custom Log Transfer Path
Enabled: Logs will be transferred to a custom path to separate transferred log files of different log streams.
The format is /LogTanks/Region name/Custom path. The file path:
Must start with /LogTanks/Region name.
Contains up to 64 characters. The path name cannot be empty.
Can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), periods (.), and slashes (/).
Example: If you enter LTS-test, the log transfer path is: LogTanks_Region name_LTS-test_2019_01_01_Log file name.
Disabled: Logs will be transferred to the default path. The default path is LogTanks_Region name_2019_01_01_Log group_Log stream_Log file name.
LTS-test
Log File Prefix
The file name prefix of the log files transferred to an OBS bucket.
The prefix:
Can contain up to 64 characters.
Can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).
Example: If you enter LTS-log, the log file name will be LTS-log_Log file name.
lts
Format
Specifies the storage format of logs. The value can be Raw Log Format or JSON.
JSON
Transfer Log to OBS
Specifies whether to enable log transfer.
Enable
Transfer Period
The interval for automatically transferring logs to OBS buckets. The value can be 2, 5, or 30 minutes, or 1, 3, 6, or 12 hours.
3 hours
Click OK. When the log transfer status changes Normal, the transfer task is created successfully.