This topic describes how to create and delete a project in the Log Service console.

Prerequisites

Log Service is activated.

When you log on to the Log Service console for the first time, activate Log Service as prompted.

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 dialog box, 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.

    For example, to collect logs from an ECS instance, you can select the region where the ECS instance resides. Then, you can use the internal network of Alibaba Cloud to accelerate log collection.

  4. Click OK.

Delete a project

Warning After you delete a project, all log data stored in the project and configurations of the project are deleted and cannot be restored. 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 dialog box, select a reason in the Reason for Deletion section, and then click OK.