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Event Logs

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The Event Logs feature allows you to access and review log information generated for your SLOs configured with the Direct connection method. By Checking the logs, you to discover potential issues with your SLOs or Data Sources, understand the problem, and verify if it's working correctly after applying a fix.

You can access Event Logs through the Data Source Details page.

Assumptions​

  • Nobl9 features support:

  • Event Logs retention:

    • Nobl9 stores Event Logs for ten days and automatically deletes any older Event Logs

  • Filtering and visibility of Event Logs:

    • Currently, Nobl9 displays only the error-level type of Event Logs:

      Event Logs UI
      Image 1: List of Event Logs in the UI

    • You can view up to 10 000 Event Logs for a single data source, up to 50 Event Logs per page

User Experience​

Event Logs and RBAC​

The following RBAC rules apply to the Event Logs feature:

Activating Event Logs in the UI​

Organization Admins can activate Event Logs collection. For this:

  1. Go to Integrations > Sources.

  2. Click the required Direct in the Data Source list to open its details.

  3. Open LOGS. Click ACTIVATE LOGS:

activate Event Logs
Image 2: Activating Event Logs in the UI

Activating Event Logs via sloctl​

Directs supporting log collection accept the logCollectionEnabled field (boolean) in their YAML definition.

Here’s a YAML sample to activate logs collection for Amazon Cloudwatch:

- apiVersion: n9/v1alpha
  kind: Direct
  metadata:
    displayName: cloudwatch-direct
    name: cloudwatch-direct
    project: default
  spec:
    cloudWatch:
      accessKeyID: '[hidden]'
      secretAccessKey: '[hidden]'
    historicalDataRetrieval:
      defaultDuration:
        unit: Day
        value: 0
      maxDuration:
        unit: Day
        value: 0
    logCollectionEnabled: true
    queryDelay:
      unit: Minute
      value: 1
    releaseChannel: beta
    sourceOf:
    - Metrics
  status:
    directType: CloudWatch

Reviewing Event Logs​

You can filter the logs for a given data source by a single SLO and search for a text string from the log content:

filter Event Logs
Image 3: Filtering Event Logs in the UI
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Filtering is available for Organization Admins, Project Owners and Project Editors.

Turning off Event Logs​

Organization Admins can turn off Event Logs collection. For this:

  1. Go to Integrations > Sources.

  2. Click the required Direct in the Data Source list to open its details.

  3. Open LOGS. Click Turn off logs:

turn off Event Logs
Image 3: Turning off Event Logs in the UI
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In some cases, Nobl9 may automatically disable Event Logs. Should this happen, reach out to Nobl9 Support for more details on these issues.

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