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Simple Log Service:Enable the log analysis feature

Last Updated:Mar 18, 2024

This topic describes how to enable the log analysis feature in the Security Center console.

Prerequisites

Simple Log Service is activated.

Procedure

Important
  • The log analysis feature is unavailable for Security Center Basic Edition.

  • If you use Security Center Ultimate Edition or Enterprise Edition, you can view network logs, security logs, and host logs. If you use Security Center Advanced Edition or Anti-virus Edition, you can view only security logs and host logs. For information about different editions, see Billing overview.

  1. Log on to the Security Center console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Risk Governance > Log Analysis.

  3. In the Activate Log Service step, click Activate Now.

  4. On the Purchase page, select the edition and specify the storage capacity. For more information about other parameters, see Purchase Security Center.

    After you specify the log storage capacity, the log analysis feature is enabled.

  5. Complete the payment as prompted.

    After you enable the log analysis feature, Simple Log Service immediately collects logs from Security Center. Simple Log Service automatically creates a dedicated project and a dedicated Logstore, and creates indexes for the Logstore.

  6. Return to the Log Analysis page and click Use Service.

Related operations

Operation

Description

Disable log delivery

On the Log Analysis page, you can disable log delivery for specific types of logs. You can also turn off the switch next to Enable All to disable log delivery for all types of logs.

Scale out the log storage capacity

If the current log storage capacity cannot meet your business requirements, you can click Scale Out on the Log Analysis page to increase the log storage capacity.

Delete logs

If you want to delete logs to release the log storage space, click Empty on the Log Analysis page.

Warning

After you perform this operation, all logs that are stored are deleted. Proceed with caution.

What to do next

After Simple Log Service collects logs, you can query, analyze, download, ship, and transform the logs in the Simple Log Service console. You can also create alert rules for the logs. For more information, see Common operations on logs of Alibaba Cloud services.