Transferring Logs to DMS

You can use DMS APIs to retrieve logs in real time.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Log in to the LTS console and choose Log Transfer in the navigation pane on the left.
  2. Click Create Log Transfer in the upper right corner.
  3. On the displayed page, configure the log transfer parameters.

    After a transfer task is created, you can modify parameters except the log group name and transfer mode.

    Table 1 Transfer parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Enable Transfer

    Enabled by default.

    Enabled

    Transfer Destination

    Select a cloud service for log transfer.

    DMS

    Log Group Name

    Select a log group.

    N/A

    Log Stream Name

    Select a log stream.

    N/A

    Kafka Instance

    Select a Kafka instance. If no instances are available, click View Kafka Instances to access the DMS console and create a Kafka premium instance.

    If a Kafka instance has been registered, you can modify it. For details about how to register a Kafka instance, see Registering a Kafka Instance.

    N/A

    Topic

    Select a topic for the Kafka instance. If no topics are available, access the DMS console and create a topic for the Kafka premium instance.

    topic-01

    Format

    Only the raw log format is supported. The following is an example:

    (Logs displayed on the LTS console are in the raw format.)
    Sep 30 07:30:01 ecs-bd70 CRON[3459]: (root) CMD (/opt/oss/servicemgr/ICAgent/bin/manual/mstart.sh > /dev/null 2>&1)

    Raw Log Format

    Log Transfer Interval

    Logs are transferred to the Kafka instance in real time.

    Real time

    Filter by Tag Fields

    During transfer, logs will be filtered by tag fields collected by ICAgent.

    • Disabled: Logs will not be filtered by tag fields.
    • Enabled: Default tag fields include those for hosts (hostIP, hostId, hostName, pathFile, and collectTime) and for Kubernetes (clusterName, clusterId, nameSpace, podName, and appName). Optional common tag fields are regionName and projectId.

    Enabled
  4. Click OK. When the log transfer status changes to Normal, the transfer task has been created. If you transfer logs of another account, the log group and stream belong to the delegator. When you click the name of the delegator's log group or stream on the Log Transfer page, you will be directed to the log group or stream through the agency.
  5. Click the Kafka premium instance in the Transfer Destination column to access its basic information page.

Registering a Kafka Instance

  1. If you select a Kafka instance that is not registered, access the page for registering the Kafka instance.
  2. Configure the parameters for registering a Kafka instance.

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Kafka Instance

    DMS instance name.

    Kafka-01

    Create DMS Network

    Connect the Kafka instance to LTS so that LTS can send data through this network.

    -

    Username

    If SASL authentication is enabled for the Kafka instance, enter the username for SASL authentication.

    DMS

    Password

    If SASL authentication is enabled for the Kafka instance, enter the password for SASL authentication.

    -
  3. Click OK.
Parent topic: Log Transfer