Introduction to Google Cloud logging
Cloud Logging is a managed service on Google Cloud. It gives you the ability to collect, store, search, analyze, monitor, and set alerts based on logs that are collected. You can use Cloud Logging to collect log data from over 150 applications, Google Cloud components, third-party cloud providers, and any combination of cloud platforms (hybrid environments). Cloud Logging, formerly known as Stackdriver, is part of Google Cloud’s operations suite. It includes a console interface called the Logs Explorer, query logs, and an API to manage logs programmatically.
Figure 12.1 – Google Cloud’s operations suite
Cloud Logging is one of the four components of Google Cloud’s operations suite, as shown in Figure 12.1. Let’s explore each of these components in more depth. Cloud Logging captures all logs and provides searching and filtering capabilities. Cloud Logging derives metrics from logs,...
