Step 8 – setting up foundational Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring

Every resource you use in Google Cloud will impact how and what you collect in terms of logging and monitoring information. At this point, our goal is to get a few logging and monitoring fundamentals in place as part of our foundation, and then we can extend that foundation as needed. You will need to decide which of the following recommendations makes sense in your environment, and then adapt them as needed.

Let’s start with logging.

Logging foundation

Let’s make this clear. Logging is good because it contains information needed to spot security issues, troubleshoot applications, and more, but logging also costs money. I’d love to simply say that you should enable every type of log you can, but the reality is that the cost would likely outweigh the possible benefits. The following recommendations try to balance information needs and cost. Regardless of whether you go with my...