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Retrieve logs

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You can retrieve logs of balancers and Managed Database clusters for which logging is enabled. You can also retrieve logs that you have added yourself.

You can retrieve a list of log groups, a list of event streams, and events.

You can retrieve logs:

You can also export logs to your own storage using the Fluent Bit plugin and the Grafana Alloy agent.

The service URL for Logs in a specific pool can be found in the List of URLs (guide).

Retrieve a list of log groups

  1. In the control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Logs.

  2. Go to the Logs section.

  3. Select a location.

Retrieve a list of event streams

  1. In the control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Logs.

  2. Go to the Logs section.

  3. Select a location.

  4. Optional: select a log group product.

  5. Open the log group page.

Retrieve events

  1. In the control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Logs.

  2. Go to the Logs section.

  3. Select a location.

  4. Optional: select a log group product.

  5. Open the log group page.

  6. Select a stream.

  7. Optional: filter events.

Filter events

  1. In the control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Logs.

  2. Go to the Logs section.

  3. Select a location.

  4. Optional: select a log group product.

  5. Open the log group page.

  6. Select a stream.

  7. In the search bar, enter the value that the events contain. You can use filter patterns for unstructured logs. Learn more in the Using filter patterns to match terms in unstructured log events section of the official AWS documentation.

    Examples of values in the search bar and filter search results:

    • error — events containing error will be displayed;
    • error timeout — events containing error and timeout will be displayed;
    • ?500 ?404 — events containing 500 or 404 will be displayed;
    • error -timeout — events containing error, but not timeout will be displayed;
    • "internal server error" — events with an exact match of the value will be displayed.
  8. Optional: select UTC time or Local time for the displayed event time.

  9. Specify a time period to filter events.

  10. Optional: if logs are collected in JSON format, configure the table display of fields in the event list:

    10.1. Click .

    10.2. Check the boxes for the fields whose values you want to display in a table.

    10.3. Click Confirm.