Configure UCP logging

Configure UCP logging

You can configure UCP for sending logs to a remote logging service:

1. Log in to UCP with an administrator account
2. Navigate to the Settings page
3. 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.

Where to go next

• Require all images to be signed