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Last Updated:Feb 22, 2024

This topic describes the release notes for Simple Log Service and provides links to the relevant references.

November 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Password-free dashboard sharing

The password-free dashboard sharing feature is provided. You can use this feature to share dashboards or charts with other users without passwords, or embed dashboards or charts in a third-party system for viewing.

2023-11-28

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Share dashboards or charts without passwords

September 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Archive storage

Archive storage is provided. Archive storage is a long-term data storage solution that allows you to query and analyze data at a lower cost than hot storage and Infrequent Access (IA) storage.

2023-09-18

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Intelligent tiered storage

August 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Zone-redundant storage

The zone-redundant storage feature is provided. You can use the feature to ensure data durability and availability.

2023-08-31

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen), China (Hong Kong), and Singapore

Storage redundancy

IA storage

Cold storage is renamed IA storage, and the intelligent hot and cold-tiered storage feature is renamed the intelligent tiered storage feature.

2023-08-25

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Enable intelligent tiered storage

Collection of script execution logs

The input_command plug-in of Logtail is provided to collect script execution logs.

2023-08-16

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Collect script execution logs

Conversion of logs to metrics

The processor_log_to_sls_metric plug-in is provided to convert collected logs to Simple Log Service metrics.

2023-08-16

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Convert logs to metrics

Rule-based consumption

Rule-based consumption is supported. You can consume logs that meet specific rules in real-time consumption scenarios.

2023-08-16

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

Consume logs based on rules

May 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Eventstores

Eventstores are provided. An Eventstore is used to collect, store, and query events in Simple Log Service.

2023-05-26

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Manage an Eventstore

Resource quota configuration

Resource quotas can be adjusted. Simple Log Service supports default resource quotas. If your Simple Log Service resources are insufficient, you can adjust the resource quotas based on your business requirements to ensure sufficient resources.

2023-05-23

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Adjust resource quotas

Elasticsearch compatibility

Elasticsearch-compatible API is provided. You can call the API operations to smoothly and easily migrate query and analysis workloads from Elasticsearch to Simple Log Service.

2023-05-22

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Compatibility between Simple Log Service and Elasticsearch

Dashboard versioning

The dashboard versioning feature is provided. If you perform unintentional operations on a dashboard when you modify the dashboard, you can view the versions of the dashboard and restore the dashboard to a previous version.

2023-05-08

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

View dashboard versions and restore a previous version

April 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Full-stack Observability

The Full-stack Observability application is provided to enable end-to-end observability of IT systems. The application provides features such as IT system monitoring, end-to-end tracing, and intelligent alerting.

2023-04-10

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Full-stack Observability

March 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Dashboard playlist

The dashboard playlist feature is provided. You can use the feature to play multiple dashboards.

2023-03-21

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Play dashboards

IPv6 functions

IPv6 functions are provided to perform SQL analysis.

2023-03-09

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

IP functions

Cumulative distribution functions

Cumulative distribution functions are provided to perform SQL analysis.

2023-03-09

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Mathematical statistics functions

February 2023

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

processor_dict_map plug-in

The processor_dict_map plug-in is provided to map field values.

2023-02-07

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Map field values

processor_encrypt plug-in

The processor_encrypt plug-in is provided to encrypt specified fields.

2023-02-07

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Encrypt fields

Data encoding and decoding plug-ins

The processor_base64_encoding, processor_base64_decoding, and processor_md5 plug-ins are provided to encode and decode field values.

2023-02-07

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Encode and decode data

December 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

processor_desensitize plug-in

The processor_desensitize plug-in is provided to replace the sensitive data in logs with a specified string or a MD5 hash.

2022-12-30

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

processor_desensitize plug-in

Scan-based analysis

The scan-based analysis feature is provided. You can use the feature to analyze logs based on specific fields without the need to configure indexes for the fields.

2022-12-30

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Scan-based analysis overview

November 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

e_redis_map function for data transformation

The e_redis_map function is provided to enrich a raw log by using a data table in ApsaraDB for Redis as the dimension table.

2022-11-22

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

e_redis_map

e_tablestore_map function for data transformation

The e_tablestore_map function is provided to enrich a raw log by using a data table in Tablestore as the dimension table.

2022-11-22

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

e_tablestore_map

url_parse_qs function for data transformation

The url_parse_qs function is provided to parse the query string of a URL and return the components of the query string.

2022-11-22

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

url_parse_qs

url_parse function for data transformation

The url_parse function is provided to parse a URL and return the components of the URL.

2022-11-22

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

url_parse

Collection of monitoring data from Kubernetes JVMs

Data monitoring for Kubernetes Java virtual machines (JVMs) is a flexible and end-to-end metric collection solution for all JVM-based services in Kubernetes clusters. Data monitoring is supported on top of Kubernetes-adapted Logtail configurations and automatic service discovery.

2022-11-21

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Collect monitoring data from Kubernetes JVMs

Collection of monitoring data about Kubernetes data planes

The data plane monitoring feature provides the non-intrusive monitoring capabilities that are developed by the OpenAnolis community and Simple Log Service. You can use the feature to analyze data flows and identify bottleneck issues for Kubernetes clusters in cloud-native scenarios.

2022-11-16

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Collect data by using the non-intrusive monitoring feature

October 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Collection of PostgreSQL query results

PostgreSQL query results can be collected. Linux Logtail V1.2.1 and later are supported.

2022-10-25

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Collect PostgreSQL query results

Collection of SQL Server query results

SQL Server query results can be collected. Linux Logtail V1.2.1 and later are supported.

2022-10-25

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Collect SQL Server query results

processor_grok plug-in

The processor_grok plug-in is provided to extract fields from logs.

2022-10-24

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Form configuration

aggregator_context plug-in

The aggregator_context plug-in is provided to process logs.

2022-10-24

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

aggregators configuration

September 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Data shipping to MaxCompute (new version)

The new version of data shipping to MaxCompute is provided. Historical data and incremental data can be shipped to MaxCompute.

2022-09-28

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

Comparison between the old and new versions of the data shipping feature for MaxCompute

Query Logstores

Query Logstores are introduced. Query Logstores deliver high query performance and cost only half that of standard Logstores. However, query Logstores do not support SQL analysis.

2022-09-27

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Manage a Logstore

Histograms

Histograms are provided to display the frequency distribution for a group of data.

2022-09-21

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Histogram

Scatter charts

Scatter charts are provided to display the relationships among variables.

2022-09-21

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Scatter chart

Cross tables

Cross tables are provided to group query and analysis results.

2022-09-21

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Cross table

processor_filter_key_regex

The Logtail processor_filter_key_regex plug-in is provided to filter logs.

2022-09-14

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Filter logs

August 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Logtail CSV plug-in

CSV-formatted data can be parsed in CSV mode.

2022-08-16

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Form configuration

Topology charts

Topology charts are provided to visualize the dependencies between modules or applications and show the basic information about the modules or applications.

2022-08-01

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Topology chart

July 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Data shipping to OSS (new version)

The new version of data shipping to Object Storage Service (OSS) is provided. Historical data and incremental data can be shipped to an OSS bucket.

2022-07-25

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

Create an OSS data shipping job (new version)

Radar charts

Radar charts are provided to visualize data in multiple dimensions.

2022-07-22

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Radar chart

June 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Customization of an alert monitoring rule template

The feature that converts an alert monitoring rule to a custom template is supported. The template can be referenced across regions.

2022-06-10

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Create custom alert monitoring rule templates

May 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Pie charts (Pro)

Pie charts (Pro) are provided. A pie chart (Pro) is used to show the percentage of each category of data.

2022-05-27

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Pie chart (Pro)

CloudLens for SLS

The CloudLens for SLS application is provided. You can use the application to monitor and manage your Simple Log Service assets such as projects and Logstores. This way, you can manage the assets in a more efficient manner. For example, you can view data provided by the application to check the consumption of assets.

2022-05-25

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

CloudLens for SLS

AWS CloudTrail Audit

The AWS CloudTrail Audit application is provided. You can use the application to pull, store, query, analyze, and visualize Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudTrail logs. This helps audit the events of your AWS account.

2022-05-25

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

AWS CloudTrail Audit

Bar gauges (Pro)

Bar gauges (Pro) are provided, which help visualize data in a more advanced manner. A bar gauge (Pro) contains one or more bar charts and supports personalized display settings based on fields.

2022-05-24

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Bar gauge (Pro)

Charts (Pro)

Charts (Pro) are provided. Simple Log Service can render query and analysis results into charts. You can use a chart (Pro) to display the results of multiple query statements. You can also configure personalized display settings for the results of each query statement.

2022-05-17

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Overview of charts (Pro)

Scheduled SQL

The Scheduled SQL feature is provided. You can use the feature to analyze data at a scheduled time and aggregate data for storage. You can also use the feature to project and filter data.

2022-05-17

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Scheduled SQL

Extraction of high-precision time values

The extraction of high-precision time values is supported by Logtail. Logtail can parse logs to extract high-precision time values by using the extended setting "enable_precise_timestamp": true or the processor_strptime plug-in. The units of high-precision time values are milliseconds, microseconds, and nanoseconds.

2022-05-06

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Logtail configurations and Form configuration

April 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Data collection for ping commands and tcping commands

The data of ping commands and tcping commands can be collected. Simple Log Service allows you to collect the data of ping commands and tcping commands to the Metricstore that you specify for query and analysis by using Logtail.

2022-04-28

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Collect ping and tcping data

Log download in the Simple Log Service console

The feature that downloads logs in the Simple Log Service console is upgraded. You can download 1 million logs or 100,000 rows of data in query and analysis results at a time.

2022-04-14

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Download logs

March 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

CloudLens for CLB

The CloudLens for CLB application is provided. Simple Log Service and Server Load Balancer (SLB) jointly launch the CloudLens for CLB application. You can use the application to analyze Classic Load Balancer (CLB) access logs, analyze metrics in seconds, and generate alerts in real time. This application also provides AIOps-based automated anomaly detection.

2022-03-28

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

CloudLens for CLB

CloudLens for Redis

The CloudLens for Redis application is provided. Simple Log Service and ApsaraDB for Redis jointly launch the CloudLens for Redis application. You can use the application to manage ApsaraDB for Redis instances in a centralized manner and collect the run logs, slow query logs, and audit logs of the instances.

2022-03-14

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

CloudLens for Redis

CloudLens for PolarDB

The CloudLens for PolarDB application is provided. Simple Log Service and PolarDB for MySQL jointly launch the CloudLens for PolarDB application. You can use the application to manage PolarDB for MySQL clusters in a centralized manner and collect the slow query logs, error logs, audit logs, and metrics of the clusters.

2022-03-14

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

CloudLens for PolarDB

Phrase search

The phrase search feature is supported. Previously, Simple Log Service uses the word segmentation method to search for specific logs. For example, if you specify the search statement abc def to query logs, all logs that contain abc or def are returned, and the logs are sorted in a random order. In this example, the search statement cannot exactly match the phrase that you specify. Therefore, Simple Log Service provides the phrase search feature to exactly match the phrase that you specify.

2022-03-16

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

Phrase search

February 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Grafana alert ingestion into Simple Log Service (Grafana 8.0 and later)

Alerts from Grafana can be ingested into Simple Log Service. Grafana provides a GUI that allows you to use the alerting feature. You can add a contact point in Grafana so that Grafana can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service. Then, the alerting system of Simple Log Service processes the alerts, such as denoising the alerts and sending alert notifications.

2022-02-24

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest Grafana alerts into Simple Log Service (Grafana 8.0 and later)

Data import from a MySQL database to Simple Log Service

Data can be imported from a self-managed MySQL database or a database on an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance to Simple Log Service. This way, you can query, analyze, and transform the data in Simple Log Service.

2022-02-17

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

Import data from a MySQL database to Simple Log Service

January 2022

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Alert OpsCenter

Alert OpsCenter is a business-centric platform that provides alert management and O&M capabilities. You can add alerts that are generated by third-party monitoring platforms, such as Zabbix and Prometheus, and alerts that are generated by Simple Log Service resources to a business. This way, you can use the business to manage alerts and send alert notifications in a centralized manner and improve the O&M efficiency.

2022-01-13

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Alert OpsCenter

Alert ingestion from HUAWEI CLOUD Cloud Eye

Alerts from HUAWEI CLOUD can be ingested into Simple Log Service. HUAWEI CLOUD Cloud Eye is a multi-dimensional resource monitoring platform. You can use HUAWEI CLOUD Cloud Eye to monitor resources, such as elastic cloud servers and bandwidth resources. You need to only specify a webhook URL that is provided by the alert ingestion system of Simple Log Service in HUAWEI CLOUD Simple Message Notification. After you complete the configuration, HUAWEI CLOUD Cloud Eye can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service. Then, the alerting system of Simple Log Service can process the alerts, such as denoising the alerts and sending alert notifications.

2022-01-07

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest Cloud Eye alerts into Simple Log Service

RDS Lens

RDS Audit Center is renamed RDS Lens.

2022-01-05

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

RDS Lens

November 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Alert detail viewing in logon-free mode

Alert details can be viewed in logon-free mode. After you receive an alert notification, you can view details about the alert without the need to log on to the Simple Log Service console. You can also perform other operations in logon-free mode. For example, you can manage alert rules and alert incidents.

2021-11-17

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

View alert details in logon-free mode

New alert notification methods of EventBridge and Function Compute

New alert notification methods are supported. Simple Log Service can send alert notifications to EventBridge and Function Compute of Alibaba Cloud.

2021-11-16

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Notification methods

AliyunServiceRoleForSLSAlert service-linked role

The AliyunServiceRoleForSLSAlert service-linked role is provided. The AliyunServiceRoleForSLSAlert service-linked role can be assigned to Simple Log Service so that the alerting system of Simple Log Service can access the resources of other cloud services.

2021-11-15

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Manage the AliyunServiceRoleForSLSAlert service-linked role

October 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Window funnel function

The window funnel function is supported. You can use the function to search for an event chain in a sliding time window and count the maximum number of consecutive events that occurred in the event chain.

2021-10-22

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Window funnel function

Unit conversion functions

Unit conversion functions are supported. You can use the functions to convert a measurement from the current unit to a different unit.

2021-10-20

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Unit conversion functions

September 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Syntax for new alert templates

New alert templates are provided. The new alert templates use the syntax that is similar to Python syntax to provide more flexible and advanced custom rendering logic. You can use the new alert templates to customize the content and styles of alert notifications in a more efficient manner. For example, you can use a new alert template to escape Markdown characters in alert notifications.

2021-09-30

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Syntax for new alert templates

New Relic alert ingestion

Alerts from New Relic can be ingested into Simple Log Service. New Relic is an observability platform that is based on cloud computing. You can use New Relic to build applications in a more efficient manner. You need to only configure a notification channel in the New Relic console and specify a webhook URL that is provided by the alert ingestion system of Simple Log Service for the notification channel. After you complete the configuration, New Relic can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service. Then, the alerting system of Simple Log Service can process the alerts, such as denoising the alerts and sending alert notifications.

2021-09-22

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest New Relic alerts into Simple Log Service

CloudWatch alert ingestion

Alerts from Amazon CloudWatch can be ingested into Simple Log Service. CloudWatch can work with Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) to send alerts. You need to only specify a webhook URL that is provided by the alert ingestion system of Simple Log Service in Amazon SNS. After you complete the configuration, CloudWatch can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service. Then, the alerting system of Simple Log Service can process the alerts, such as denoising the alerts and sending alert notifications.

2021-09-08

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest CloudWatch alerts into Simple Log Service

Hot and cold-tiered storage

The hot and cold-tiered storage feature is provided. The costs of long-term storage can be reduced without negative impacts on the queries, analysis, visualization, alerting, shipping, and transformation of log data in a Logstore.

2021-09-03

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Enable intelligent tiered storage

August 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Loki alert ingestion

Alerts from Loki can be ingested into Simple Log Service. You can configure the alert ingestion system of Simple Log Service as an Alertmanager component in Loki. After you complete the configuration, Loki can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service. Then, the alerting system of Simple Log Service can process the alerts, such as denoising the alerts and sending alert notifications.

2021-08-20

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest Loki alerts into Simple Log Service

Datadog alert ingestion

Alerts from Datadog can be ingested into Simple Log Service. Datadog is a tool that monitors applications on the cloud and analyzes the application data. You can use Datadog to automatically collect and analyze data such as logs, metrics, and traces. You can also use Datadog to monitor the events that occur in your infrastructure and cloud services. You can create a webhook in your Datadog-Webhooks integration and specify a webhook URL that is provided by the alert ingestion system of Simple Log Service. After you complete the configuration, Datadog can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service.

2021-08-16

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest Datadog alerts into Simple Log Service

Anti-DDoS Origin access logs

Anti-DDoS Origin access logs can be collected by using the Log Audit Service application.

2021-08-03

N/A.

Log Audit Service

Anti-DDoS Premium access logs

Anti-DDoS Premium access logs can be collected by using the Log Audit Service application.

2021-08-03

N/A.

Log Audit Service

July 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Alertmanager alert ingestion

Alerts from Alertmanager can be ingested into Simple Log Service. Alertmanager is a service that you can use to handle alerts. This service is provided by Prometheus, an open source monitoring system. After you configure the alert ingestion system of Simple Log Service as a receiver in Alertmanager, Alertmanager can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service.

2021-07-29

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest Alertmanager alerts into Simple Log Service

Logtail 1.0.22

Logtail V1.0.22 is released.

2021-07-17

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Logtail 1.0.22

Logtail 0.16.68

Logtail V0.16.68 is released.

2021-07-14

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Logtail 0.16.68

VPC firewall traffic logs

The VPC firewall traffic logs of Cloud Firewall can be collected by using the Log Audit Service application.

2021-07-09

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Log Audit Service

Logtail 1.0.21

Logtail V1.0.21 is released.

2021-07-06

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Logtail 1.0.21

CloudMonitor alert ingestion

Alerts from CloudMonitor can be ingested into Simple Log Service. CloudMonitor monitors Alibaba Cloud resources and Internet applications and supports multiple alert notification methods. You can configure the alert ingestion system of Simple Log Service as a notification method in the CloudMonitor console. After you complete the configuration, CloudMonitor can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service. Then, the alerting system of Simple Log Service can process the alerts, such as denoising the alerts and sending alert notifications.

2021-07-06

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest CloudMonitor alerts into Simple Log Service

June 2021

Feature

Description

Release date

Region

References

Webhook integration

The webhook integration feature is supported. You can use this feature to manage webhook notification methods. When you configure an action policy, you can use the webhooks that you created. Simple Log Service supports DingTalk webhooks, WeCom webhooks, Lark webhooks, Slack webhooks, and universal webhooks.

2021-06-30

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Create a webhook

Zabbix alert ingestion

Alerts from Zabbix can be ingested into Simple Log Service. Zabbix is a commonly used open source monitoring system. Zabbix provides various alert rules for system monitoring and supports multiple alert notification channels. You can configure the alert ingestion system of Simple Log Service as a notification channel in Zabbix. After you complete the configuration, Zabbix can send alerts to the alerting system of Simple Log Service. Then, the alerting system of Simple Log Service can process the alerts, such as denoising the alerts and sending alert notifications.

2021-06-29

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Ingest Zabbix (Zabbix 4.4 or later) alerts into Simple Log Service

RDS Audit Center

The RDS Audit Center application is available for ApsaraDB RDS instances. In RDS Audit Center, you can view the collection status of RDS audit logs in real time and manage collection configurations in a centralized manner. You can also audit and analyze collected logs and configure alerts for the logs.

2021-06-28

Some regions supported by Simple Log Service

RDS Audit Center

Flow Log Center

The Flow Log Center application is provided. Simple Log Service and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) jointly launch the Flow Log Center application. You can use the application to query the policies of the VPC that is used, traffic of elastic network interfaces (ENIs), and traffic between CIDR blocks. This way, you can analyze the flow logs of your VPC in an efficient manner.

2021-06-21

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Flow Log Center

Layer 4 metrics for SLB

The Layer 4 monitoring feature is available for SLB instances, and the metrics can be sent to Simple Log Service. You can view the details about SLB instances by using metrics that are accurate to seconds. The metrics include the traffic volume, queries per second (QPS), and error rate. You can use this feature to implement finer-grained service monitoring and troubleshooting.

2021-06-04

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

Layer 4 metrics for SLB

Alerting feature upgrade

The alerting feature of Simple Log Service is upgraded. Simple Log Service provides an intelligent alerting system that is used to monitor log data and time series data. If an exception occurs, an alert is triggered. You can denoise alerts, manage alert incidents, and configure alert notifications. The alerting feature of Simple Log Service can meet the requirements of developers, O&M engineers, and security engineers in more than 40 scenarios.

2021-06-04

All regions supported by Simple Log Service

The alerting feature of Simple Log Service