The Logging agent is pre-configured to send logs from VM instances to Cloud Logging. This page lists the logs that the Logging agent sends to Cloud Logging with the default configuration.
You can add your own fluentd configuration
files to
the Logging agent. For more information, see
Configure the Logging agent.
Linux instances
The following logs are pre-configured in the Logging agent running on Linux VM instances.
| Log ID | Source and configuration files |
|---|---|
syslog |
Linux syslog |
apache-access, apache-error |
Apache logs |
cassandra, cassandra-output |
Cassandra logs |
chef-* |
Chef logs |
gitlab-* |
gitlab logs |
jenkins |
Jenkins logs |
jetty-* |
Jetty logs |
joomla |
Joomla logs |
magento-* |
Magento logs |
mediawiki |
MediaWiki logs |
memcached |
memcached logs |
mongodb |
Mongodb logs |
mysql, mysql-slow |
MySQL logs |
nginx-access, nginx-error |
Nginx logs |
postgresql |
PostgreSQL logs |
puppet-* |
Puppet Enterprise logs |
rabbitmq-* |
RabbitMQ logs |
redis |
Redis logs |
redmine |
Redmine logs |
salt-* |
Salt logs |
solr |
Solr logs |
sugarcrm |
SugarCRM logs |
tomcat, tomcat-localhost_access_log |
Tomcat logs |
zookeeper, zookeeper-trace |
Zookeeper logs |
Windows instances
The following logs are pre-configured in the Logging agent running on Windows VM instances.
| Log ID | Description |
|---|---|
fluent.info |
Logging agent messages |
winevt.raw |
Windows Event Log |
The logs from the agent are named
projects/[PROJECT_ID]/logs/[LOG_ID].
[LOG_ID] is a simple name such as syslog or
redis. There is no service name prefix.
The asterisk (*) following some of
the log names means that there can be several logs whose names begin with
the same prefix.