{"id":31261,"date":"2023-09-14T08:53:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T08:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=31261"},"modified":"2023-09-14T08:53:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T08:53:42","slug":"datadog-tutorials-log-collection-process-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/datadog-tutorials-log-collection-process-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Datadog Tutorials: Log Collection & configuration using Datadog Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How to enable Log collection in Datadog?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To enable log collection with an Agent running on your host, change logs_enabled: false to logs_enabled: true in the Agent\u2019s main configuration file (datadog.yaml).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Custom Log Collection in Datadog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Datadog Agent v6 can collect logs and forward them to Datadog from files, the network (TCP or UDP), journald, and Windows channels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Create a new <CUSTOM_LOG_SOURCE>.d\/<\/code> folder in the conf.d\/<\/code> directory at the root of your Agent\u2019s configuration directory<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Create a new conf.yaml<\/code> file in this new folder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Add a custom log collection configuration group with the parameters below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Restart your Agent<\/a> to take into account this new configuration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Run the Agent\u2019s status subcommand<\/a> and look for <CUSTOM_LOG_SOURCE><\/code> under the Checks section.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Log Type in Datadog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Log Type: File<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Log Type: TCP\/UDP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Log Type: journald<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Log Type: Windows Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    - Install the Datadog Agent\n\n- Verify Datadog Agent Status and<\/span> Look for<\/span> \"Logs Agent\"<\/span> which is not running.\n$ sudo datadog-agent status\n\n- Enable log collection\nTo enable log collection with the Agent, edit the datadog.yaml configuration file located at \/etc\/datadog-agent\/datadog.yaml and<\/span> set logs_enabled:true<\/span>\n\n- Monitor a custom file\n\n$ sudo mkdir \/etc\/datadog-agent\/conf.d\/custom_log_collection.d\/\n$ sudo vi \/etc\/datadog-agent\/conf.d\/custom_log_collection.d\/conf.yaml\nlogs:\n    - type: file\n      path: \/var<\/span>\/log\/syslog\n      source: syslog\n      service: syslog\n$ sudo service datadog-agent restart\n\n-  Validation. Verify \n$ sudo datadog-agent status\nDatadog Agent Status and<\/span> Look for<\/span> \"Logs Agent\"<\/span> which is running.\n$ chmod -R 755<\/span> \/var<\/span>\/log\/\n$ datadog-agent status<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
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    How to enable Log collection in Datadog? To enable log collection with an Agent running on your host, change logs_enabled: false to logs_enabled: true in the Agent\u2019s main configuration file (datadog.yaml). Custom Log Collection in Datadog Datadog Agent v6 can collect logs and forward them to Datadog from files, the network (TCP or UDP), journald,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31261"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39771,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31261\/revisions\/39771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}