Configure UCP logging
Estimated reading time: 1 minuteYou can configure UCP for sending logs to a remote logging service:
- Login into UCP with an administrator account
- Navigate to the Settings page
- Set the information about your logging server, and click Enable Remote Logging
Example: Setting up an ELK stack
One popular logging stack is composed of Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana. The following example demonstrates how to set up an example deployment which can be used for logging.
docker volume create --name orca-elasticsearch-data
docker run -d \
--name elasticsearch \
-v orca-elasticsearch-data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data \
elasticsearch elasticsearch -Enetwork.host=0.0.0.0
docker run -d \
-p 514:514 \
--name logstash \
--link elasticsearch:es \
logstash \
sh -c "logstash -e 'input { syslog { } } output { stdout { } elasticsearch { hosts => [ \"es\" ] } } filter { json { source => \"message\" } }'"
docker run -d \
--name kibana \
--link elasticsearch:elasticsearch \
-p 5601:5601 \
kibana
Once you have these containers running, configure UCP to send logs to the IP of the Logstash container. You can then browse to port 5601 on the system running Kibana and browse log/event entries. You should specify the “time” field for indexing.
When deployed in a production environment, you should secure your ELK stack. UCP does not do this itself, but a number of third-party options can accomplish this, such as Shield plug-in for Kibana.