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Log ingestion API

Log ingestion API

Stream your logs and log records to Dynatrace via the log ingest API

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Dynatrace offers direct and indirect routes for ingestion. Regardless of the method used, the Dynatrace platform offers a rich set of applications to leverage the ingested data
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Overview

Log ingestion API allows you to stream log records to Dynatrace from log shippers, technology-specific direct log integrations, or custom log forwarding.

Supported formats:

  • JSON
  • Text
  • OTLP

It is available via Log Monitoring API - POST ingest logs for JSON and text format or OpenTelemetry logs ingest API for OTLP protocol.

Cloud log integrations based on Dynatrace-supported log forwarders also utilize logs ingest API.

Get started

Set up the integration from your log producer or forwarder to Dynatrace with the following steps:

  1. Dynatrace API token is required to complete integration. Generate it if you haven't done this already.
  2. Configure log shipper or log producer
  3. Verify API token usage
    • Navigate to Access tokens and inspect Last used column
  4. Navigate to Logs App or Logs and events viewer to analyse your logs

Refer to Log ingestion API documentation for detailed instructions and information about API log ingest characteristics.

Details

For Dynatrace SaaS, the log ingest API endpoint is available in your environment.

For Dynatrace Managed, or if an Environment ActiveGate is your choice for an endpoint in your local environment, install an ActiveGate instance to monitor remote technologies. The generic log ingestion API v2 is automatically enabled on ActiveGate, which is responsible for serving the endpoint, collecting the data, and forwarding it to Dynatrace in batches.

For details regarding log processing and access management, please refer to Dynatrace documentation

  • Log processing
  • Bucket assignment
  • Log access management with security context
  • Sensitive data masking
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Customer story BT
“When the system went live, it felt like we had a thousand log analysts helping us understand where to focus efforts to improve our services.”
Chris Deane
Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Platform Services

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