A project in Log Service is the resource management unit that is used to separate and manage different resources. This topic describes how to create and delete a project in the Log Service console.

Create a project

Note You can create a maximum of 50 projects for each Alibaba Cloud account.
  1. Log on to the Log Service console.
  2. In the Projects section, click Create Project.
  3. In the Create Project panel, set the required parameters. The following table describes the parameters.
    Parameter Description
    Project Name The name of the project. The name must be unique in a region and cannot be modified after the project is created.
    Description The description of the project.
    Region Select a region based on log sources. After you create a project, you cannot modify the region where the project resides or migrate the project to another region.

    To collect logs from an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance, we recommend you select the region where the ECS instance resides. This way, you can use the internal network of Alibaba Cloud to accelerate log collection.

    Service Logs Select the service logs that you want to store. After you select the service logs, the logs generated in the project are stored in a specified project. For more information, see Service logs.
    • If you select Detailed Logs, operations logs are stored in the specified project. You are billed by using the pay-as-you-go method.
    • If you select Important Logs, logs of the consumer group latency and Logtail heartbeats are stored in the specified project. This feature is provided free of charge.
    Log Storage Location You must specify this parameter if you select the service logs that you want to store. Valid values:
    • Automatic creation (recommended)
    • Current Project
    • Other projects in the same region
  4. Click OK.

View the endpoint of a project

After you create a project, you can view the endpoint of the project on the Overview page.

  1. In the Projects section, click the project.
  2. On the Overview page, view the endpoint of the project.

    To access the projects in different regions, you must use different endpoints. To access the projects in the same region over a private network or the Internet, you must use different endpoints. For more information, see Endpoints.

    View the endpoint

Delete a project

Warning After you delete a project, all log data stored in the project and the configurations of the project are deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution.
  1. In the Projects section, find the project that you want to delete, and then click Delete in the Actions column.
  2. In the Delete Project panel, select a reason in the Reason for Deletion section, and then click OK.

Project-related API operations

Action Operation
Create a project CreateProject
Delete a project DeleteProject
Query a project
Modify a project UpdateProject