Which should you use: Logging agent or client library?

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track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/active_directory_ds" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/active_directory_ds" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/active_directory_ds" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/aerospike" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/aerospike" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/aerospike" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Aerospike</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/activemq" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/activemq" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/activemq" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache ActiveMQ</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/cassandra" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/cassandra" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/cassandra" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache Cassandra</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/couchdb" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/couchdb" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/couchdb" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache CouchDB</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/flink" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/flink" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/flink" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache Flink</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/hadoop" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/hadoop" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/hadoop" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache Hadoop</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/hbase" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/hbase" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/hbase" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache HBase</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/kafka" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/kafka" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/kafka" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache Kafka</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/solr" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/solr" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/solr" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache Solr</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/tomcat" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/tomcat" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/tomcat" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache Tomcat</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/apache" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/apache" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/apache" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache Web Server (httpd)</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/zookeeper" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/zookeeper" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/zookeeper" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apache ZooKeeper</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/couchbase" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/couchbase" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/couchbase" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Couchbase</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/elasticsearch" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/elasticsearch" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/elasticsearch" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Elasticsearch</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/vault" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/vault" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/vault" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Hashicorp Vault</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/iis" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/iis" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/iis" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Internet Information Services</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/jetty" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/jetty" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/jetty" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Jetty</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mariadb" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mariadb" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mariadb" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>MariaDB</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/memcached" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/memcached" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/memcached" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Memcached</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mongodb" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mongodb" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mongodb" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>MongoDB</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mysql" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mysql" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/mysql" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>MySQL</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/nginx" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/nginx" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/nginx" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>nginx</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/oracledb" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/oracledb" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/oracledb" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Oracle Database</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/postgresql" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/postgresql" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/postgresql" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>PostgreSQL</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/rabbitmq" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/rabbitmq" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/rabbitmq" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>RabbitMQ</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/redis" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/redis" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/redis" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Redis</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/saphana" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/saphana" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/saphana" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>SAP HANA</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/varnish" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/varnish" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/varnish" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Varnish HTTP Cache</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/wildfly" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/wildfly" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/third-party/wildfly" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>WildFly</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Legacy Logging agent</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/logging" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/logging" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/logging" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Logging agent overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Install the Logging agent</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/logging/install-index" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/logging/install-index" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/logging/install-index" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>All installation methods</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-beta"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/logging/managing-agent-policies" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/logging/managing-agent-policies" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/logging/managing-agent-policies" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Install the Logging agent on a fleet of VMs using agent policies</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="beta" data-title="Beta" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/logging/fleet-installation" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/logging/fleet-installation" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/logging/fleet-installation" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Install the Logging agent on a fleet of VMs using automation tools</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/logging/installation" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/logging/installation" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/logging/installation" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Install the Logging agent on individual VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage the Logging agent</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/logging/authorization" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/logging/authorization" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/logging/authorization" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Authorize the Logging agent</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/logging/configuration" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/logging/configuration" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/logging/configuration" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure the Logging agent</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/agent/default-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/agent/default-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/agent/default-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Default agent logs</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/bindplane/on-premise-hybrid-logging" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/bindplane/on-premise-hybrid-logging" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/bindplane/on-premise-hybrid-logging" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Collect on-premises and multi-cloud logs</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/integrate/gke" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/integrate/gke" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/integrate/gke" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Collect Kubernetes Engine logs</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Write application logs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/setup" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/setup" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/setup" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Logging libraries overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/integrate/dotnet" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/integrate/dotnet" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/integrate/dotnet" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>C#: Use .NET logging frameworks or the API</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/setup/java" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/setup/java" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/setup/java" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Java: Use Logback or java.util.logging</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/setup/go" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/setup/go" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/setup/go" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Go: Use standard logging</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/setup/nodejs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/setup/nodejs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/setup/nodejs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Node.js: Use Winston and Bunyan</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/setup/php" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/setup/php" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/setup/php" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>PHP: Use PSR-3 logger</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/setup/python" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/setup/python" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/setup/python" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Python: Use standard logging</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/setup/ruby" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/setup/ruby" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/setup/ruby" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Ruby: Use the Stackdriver gem</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Control access</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/access-control" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/access-control" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/access-control" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Access control with IAM</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/logs-views" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/logs-views" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/logs-views" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure log views on a log bucket</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/field-level-acl" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/field-level-acl" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/field-level-acl" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure field-level access</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/routing/managed-encryption-storage" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/routing/managed-encryption-storage" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/routing/managed-encryption-storage" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure CMEK for log buckets</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure default resource settings for Logging</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/default-settings" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/default-settings" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/default-settings" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure default resource settings</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/routing/managed-encryption" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/routing/managed-encryption" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/routing/managed-encryption" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure CMEK for Logging</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/regionalized-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/regionalized-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/regionalized-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Regionalize your logs</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Query, analyze, and view logs</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/log-analytics" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/log-analytics" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/log-analytics" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Query and view logs overview</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Logs Explorer: Query and view logs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/log-scope/create-and-manage" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/log-scope/create-and-manage" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/log-scope/create-and-manage" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure a log scope</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/view/logs-explorer-interface" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/view/logs-explorer-interface" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/view/logs-explorer-interface" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Logs Explorer overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/view/building-queries" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/view/building-queries" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/view/building-queries" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Build queries using the Logging query language</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/view/correlate-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/view/correlate-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/view/correlate-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Correlate log entries</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/find-logs-error-groups" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/find-logs-error-groups" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/find-logs-error-groups" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Find log entries with error groups</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/view/logging-query-language" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/view/logging-query-language" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/view/logging-query-language" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Logging query language</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/view/query-library" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/view/query-library" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/view/query-library" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Sample queries</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/log4j2-vulnerability" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/log4j2-vulnerability" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/log4j2-vulnerability" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Example: Detect Log4Shell security exploits</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Log Analytics: Query and analyze logs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/query-and-view" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/query-and-view" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/query-and-view" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Query and analyze logs in Log Analytics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/charts" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/charts" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/charts" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Chart SQL query results</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/save-share-query" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/save-share-query" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/save-share-query" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Save and share SQL queries</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/examples" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/examples" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/examples" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Sample SQL queries</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/log-volume" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/log-volume" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/log-volume" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Analyze log volume</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/analyze-audit-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/analyze-audit-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/analyze-audit-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>SQL queries for security insights</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create alerts or use BigQuery</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/query-linked-dataset" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/query-linked-dataset" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/query-linked-dataset" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Query a linked BigQuery dataset</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/sql-in-alerting" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/sql-in-alerting" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/sql-in-alerting" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor your SQL query results with an alerting policy</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/troubleshoot" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/troubleshoot" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/troubleshoot" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot Log Analytics configuration</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View logs in supported destinations</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/export/using_exported_logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/export/using_exported_logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/export/using_exported_logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View logs routed to Logging buckets</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/export/bigquery" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/export/bigquery" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/export/bigquery" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View logs routed to BigQuery</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/export/storage" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/export/storage" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/export/storage" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View logs routed to Cloud Storage</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/export/pubsub" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/export/pubsub" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/export/pubsub" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View logs routed to Pub/Sub</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Visualize, stream, and monitor logs</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/view/dashboard" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/view/dashboard" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/view/dashboard" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Visualize log severity and error metrics</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/view/streaming-live-tailing" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/view/streaming-live-tailing" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/view/streaming-live-tailing" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Stream and tail log entries</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor your logs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/alerting/monitoring-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/alerting/monitoring-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/alerting/monitoring-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor your logs overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create metrics from logs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/logs-based-metrics" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Log-based metrics overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/view_your_log_based_metrics" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/view_your_log_based_metrics" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/view_your_log_based_metrics" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>List and chart log-based metrics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/bucket-lbm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/bucket-lbm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/bucket-lbm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Bucket-scoped log-based metrics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/counter-metrics" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/counter-metrics" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/counter-metrics" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure counter metrics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/distribution-metrics" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/distribution-metrics" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/distribution-metrics" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure distribution metrics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/labels" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/labels" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/labels" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure labels on log-based metrics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/charts-and-alerts" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/charts-and-alerts" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics/charts-and-alerts" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure notifications for log-based metrics</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create alerting policies that monitor logs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/alerting/log-based-alerts" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/alerting/log-based-alerts" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/alerting/log-based-alerts" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure log-based alerting policies</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/alerting/log-based-incidents" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/alerting/log-based-incidents" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/alerting/log-based-incidents" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage incidents for log-based alerting policies</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/logging/docs/alerting/sql-based-incidents" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/alerting/sql-based-incidents" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/alerting/sql-based-incidents" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage incidents for SQL-based alerting policies</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Route and store logs</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/routing/overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/routing/overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/routing/overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Routing and storage overview</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/buckets" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/buckets" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/buckets" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure log buckets</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/manage-log-buckets-with-tags" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/manage-log-buckets-with-tags" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/manage-log-buckets-with-tags" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage log buckets by using Tags</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure log sinks</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/export/configure_export_v2" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/export/configure_export_v2" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/export/configure_export_v2" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Route logs to supported destinations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/routing/user-managed-service-accounts" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/routing/user-managed-service-accounts" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/routing/user-managed-service-accounts" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure log sinks with user-managed service accounts</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/export/third_party" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/export/third_party" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/export/third_party" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Route logs to third-party destinations</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" 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logs</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up advanced log storage</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/analyze/custom-index" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/analyze/custom-index" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/analyze/custom-index" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure custom indexing</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/routing/copy-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: 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/logging/docs/audit/services" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/audit/services" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Services with audit logs</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/audit/configure-data-access" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/audit/configure-data-access" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/audit/configure-data-access" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Enable Data Access audit logs</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Audit logs in depth</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/audit/understanding-audit-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/audit/understanding-audit-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/audit/understanding-audit-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Understand audit logs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/audit/split-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/audit/split-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/audit/split-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Split log entries</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/audit/best-practices" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" 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class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/audit/gsuite-audit-logging" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/audit/gsuite-audit-logging" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/audit/gsuite-audit-logging" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Workspace audit logs overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/audit/configure-gsuite-audit-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/audit/configure-gsuite-audit-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/audit/configure-gsuite-audit-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View and manage Workspace audit logs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a 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class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>AuditLog</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Types</span> </div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/auditlog/rest/Shared.Types/AuditLog" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/auditlog/rest/Shared.Types/AuditLog" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/auditlog/rest/Shared.Types/AuditLog" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>AuditLog</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/auditlog/rest/Shared.Types/PolicyType" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: 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data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ApiConfigHandler" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ApiConfigHandler" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>ApiConfigHandler</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ApiEndpointHandler" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ApiEndpointHandler" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ApiEndpointHandler" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>ApiEndpointHandler</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/AuditData" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/AuditData" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/AuditData" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>AuditData</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/AuthFailAction" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/AuthFailAction" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/AuthFailAction" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>AuthFailAction</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ErrorCode" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ErrorCode" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ErrorCode" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>ErrorCode</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/FileInfo" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/FileInfo" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/FileInfo" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>FileInfo</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/InboundServiceType" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/InboundServiceType" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/InboundServiceType" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>InboundServiceType</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/LoginRequirement" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/LoginRequirement" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/LoginRequirement" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>LoginRequirement</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/RedirectHttpResponseCode" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/RedirectHttpResponseCode" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/RedirectHttpResponseCode" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>RedirectHttpResponseCode</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/RolloutStrategy" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/RolloutStrategy" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/RolloutStrategy" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>RolloutStrategy</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/SecurityLevel" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/SecurityLevel" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/SecurityLevel" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>SecurityLevel</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ServingStatus" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ServingStatus" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ServingStatus" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>ServingStatus</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ShardBy" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ShardBy" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/appengine/rest/Shared.Types/ShardBy" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>ShardBy</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>App Engine AuditData (legacy)</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Types</span> </div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/logging/docs/reference/audit/ae_legacy/rest/Shared.Types/AuditData" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /logging/docs/reference/audit/ae_legacy/rest/Shared.Types/AuditData" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/logging/docs/reference/audit/ae_legacy/rest/Shared.Types/AuditData" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>AuditData</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span 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Logging agents send data written to a file, such as <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> or a file, as logs to Cloud Logging. Services such as Google Kubernetes Engine, App Engine flexible environment, and Cloud Run functions, contain an integrated logging agent. For Compute Engine, you can install the <a href="/logging/docs/agent">Ops Agent or the legacy Cloud Logging agent</a>. These agents collect logs from known file locations or logging services like the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">Windows Event Log</code>, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">journald</code>, or <code translate="no" dir="ltr">syslogd</code>.</p> <p>When you can't use a client library or a Logging agent, or when you only want to experiment, you can write logs by using the <a href="/sdk/gcloud/reference/logging/write"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud logging write</code></a> command or by sending HTTP commands to the Cloud Logging API endpoint <a href="/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/entries/write"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">entries.write</code></a>. The <a href="/logging/docs/reference/api-overview">Cloud Logging API</a> supports both HTTP and gRPC calls. The Ops Agent and most Logging client libraries call the gRPC Logging API. The legacy Logging agent and client libraries for some languages call the REST Logging API.</p> <aside class="note"><b>Note:</b> There will be no new feature development or support for new operating systems for the legacy Logging agent. We recommend that you use the <a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent">Ops Agent</a> for new workloads and eventually transition your existing VMs to use the Ops Agent. </aside> <h2 id="choosing" data-text="Choosing an agent or client libraries" tabindex="-1">Choosing an agent or client libraries</h2> <p>When you're deciding between an agent or the client libraries, consider the following questions:</p> <dl> <dt>Is your application running outside of Google Cloud?</dt> <dd><p>If your application isn't running on Google Cloud, you need some way to send logs to Logging API. To route logs from on-premises systems to Logging, we recommend that you use <a href="https://observiq.com/solutions#product-matrix" class="external">BindPlane by observIQ</a>. For more information about BindPlane, see <a href="/stackdriver/bindplane">About observIQ and BindPlane</a>.</p> <p>Alternatively, you can route logs to Logging directly from the application by using client libraries. For ephemeral environments, like Serverless computing, you must use client libraries to make direct calls to the Logging API.</p></dd> <dt>Does the Google Cloud service running your application support</dt> <dt>writing <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code> content to your project?</dt> <dd><p>Some Google Cloud services are fully managed, so you don't need to use agents to send logs to your Google Cloud project. You can use any established logging framework in the language of your choice, such as Go, Node.js, and Python, to send logs to Logging in products where <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code> are supported by default. An advantage to relying on <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code> instead of using client libraries is that application crashes don't break sending logs to your project. For information about sending <a href="/logging/docs/structured-logging">structured logs</a> through <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code>, see the section, <a href="#log-format">Does your application have the flexibility to change the log format?</a>.</p> <p>You can use Logging client libraries, but keep in mind that it might introduce a dependency on Logging for local testing, when you don't necessarily need it. Using the client libraries might also require more complex coding to explicitly handle buffering and retries. Also, each use of the Logging client libraries creates a new connection stream to the API. These new connections introduce more complexity, use additional ports, and send separate requests with only the logs from the application, which could be wasteful if there aren't many logs.</p></dd> <dt>Do the application logs need to be accessible in your local environment?</dt> <dd><p>If you need to access the application logs in your local environment, for debugging and other purposes, then you can use the logging modules in some languages to output to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code>. Logging client libraries for some languages support routing logs to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code>.</p> <p>When running your application in Google Cloud services that don't support automatically sending logs written to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code> to your Google Cloud project, you can collect <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code> logs in on-disk files and configure the agent to scrape those and send them to Logging. For more information, see the configuration guide for the <a href="/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent/configuration">Ops Agent</a> or the legacy <a href="/logging/docs/agent/logging/configuration">Logging agent</a>.</p></dd> <dt>Is the agent-installation process manual or automatic?</dt> <dd><p>Some services install agents automatically or allow you to install the agents yourself. If the service you are using doesn't allow you to install agents, then you must use the client libraries to use Logging.</p></dd> <dt>Are you running Fluentd in your system already?</dt> <dd><p>The legacy Logging agent is based on Fluentd.</p> <p>If you already have Fluentd running in your system, and you would like to use that daemon to send your logs to Logging, then use the <a href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/fluent-plugin-google-cloud">Google Cloud Logging plugin for fluentd</a>.</p></dd> <dt>Are you collecting application metrics for Cloud Monitoring as well?</dt> <dd><p>In Compute Engine VMs, the Ops Agent can collect logs and most metrics. See <a href="/stackdriver/docs/solutions/agents/ops-agent#features">Ops Agent features</a> for more information.</p> <p>If the Ops Agent doesn't address your use cases, then you can use the <a href="/monitoring/agent/monitoring">legacy Monitoring agent</a> or the <a href="/monitoring/docs/reference/libraries">Monitoring client libraries</a> to collect your metrics.</p></dd> <dt id="log-format">Does your application have the flexibility to change the log format?</dt> <dd><p>This question helps you decide if your application can generate <a href="/logging/docs/structured-logging">structured logs</a>. Logging recognizes structured logs if you send the logs to the Logging API in <a href="/logging/docs/reference/v2/rpc/google.logging.v2#google.logging.v2.WriteLogEntriesRequest">the structured-logging format</a>. Client libraries provide the methods for handling this format.</p> <p>There are two way of writing structured logs: one is to set <a href="/logging/docs/structured-logging#special-payload-fields">specific fields in the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">LogEntry</code> envelope</a>, and the other is to set the <a href="/logging/docs/structured-logging#use-gcloud"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">jsonPayload</code> field within the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">LogEntry</code> envelope</a>. The schema for the former is determined by Cloud Logging, while the schema for the latter is determined by the user.</p> <p>You must configure the agent to recognize <a href="/logging/docs/structured-logging">structured logs</a>. By default, the agents are configured to detect logs in JSON format and to handle them as structured logs. If your application has its own log format that you can't change, but you want the logs to be recognized as structured logs, then you must write logs in the structured-logging format, usually JSON, to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stdout</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">stderr</code>, so that the agents can recognize them as structured logs. 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