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To get a production ready log configuration you can use tools from the Kubernetes ecosystem and GCP Cloud Logging. In this guide we show you how to set up:

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Stream container logs to GCP Cloud Logging

Before using GCP Cloud Logging, you need to ensure Cloud Logging API is enabled on your Google Cloud project. Refer to the guide https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/troubleshooting/logging to verify if logging is enabled.

Fluent-bit is a log processor that used to send containers logs to GCP Cloud Logging. By default, a managed Fluent-bit will be installed by GKE during cluster creation.

After Cloud Logging API is enabled, all containers logs should automatically send to the Cloud Logging. To verify logging, go to GCP console page Logging > Logs Explorer and check if container logs are populated.

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1. Add Fluent helm repository and update repository to retrieve the latest version.

   Code Block
   helm repo add fluent https://fluent.github.io/helm-charts helm repo update

2. Retrieve the Elastic Search access credentials by using commands below. Save the output, you will need them in the next step.

   Code Block
   kubectl get secrets --namespace=logging elasticsearch-master-credentials -ojsonpath='{.data.username}' | base64 -d kubectl get secrets --namespace=logging elasticsearch-master-credentials -ojsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d

3. Create a custom values yaml, for example fluent-bit-values.yaml and set the content below. After that, replace values of HTTP_User and HTTP_Passwd to the output from previous step.

   Code Block

   config: inputs: | [INPUT] Name tail Alias kube_containers Tag kube_<namespace_name>_<pod_name>_<container_name> Exclude_Path /var/log/containers/*_kube-system_*.log,/var/log/containers/*_istio-system_*.log,/var/log/containers/*_knative-serving_*.log,/var/log/containers/*_gke-system_*.log,/var/log/containers/*_config-management-system_*.log,/var/log/containers/*_gmp-system_*.log,/var/log/containers/*_gke-managed-cim_*.log Path /var/log/containers/*.log multiline.parser docker, cri Mem_Buf_Limit 50MB Skip_Long_Lines On Refresh_Interval 1 Read_from_Head True filters: | [FILTER] Name kubernetes Match kube.* Kube_URL https://kubernetes.default.svc:443 Kube_Tag_Prefix application.var.log.containers. Merge_Log On K8S-Logging.Parser On K8S-Logging.Exclude Off Labels Off Annotations Off Use_Kubelet On Kubelet_Port 10250 Buffer_Size 0 outputs: | [OUTPUT] Name es Match * Host elasticsearch-master tls on tls.verify off HTTP_User elastic HTTP_Passwd zUqEBtrE4H9bfO8K Suppress_Type_Name On Index fluentbit Trace_Error on

4. Install Fluent-bit with the custom values yaml.

   Code Block
   helm install fluent-bit fluent/fluent-bit -n logging -f fluent-bit-values.yaml

5. Verify Fluent-bit pod's log. Should not see any error or exception if connection to Elastic Search is established successfully.

   Code Block
   kubectl logs <fluent-bit pod name> -n logging

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1. Retrieve the public access IP of the Kibana dashboard.

   Code Block
   kubectl get service -n logging kibana-kibana -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}'

2. Login to Kibana dashboard web UI with username password same as HTTP_User and HTTP_Passwd configured in previous section.

3. Go to Management > Stack Management > Index Management. Create the Index Template with Index Pattern matching the indexes configured in previous section.

   

4. If Fluent-bit connection to Elastic Search established successfully, the Indices is created automatically.

   

5. Go to Management > Stack Management > Kibana. Create Data view matching the index pattern

   

6. Go to Analytics> Discover to view logs.

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7. User can filter logs using KQL syntax. For instance, enter "ECDeployment" in the KQL filter input field.

   

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