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Log Monitoring Classic

With Log Monitoring as a part of the Dynatrace platform, you gain direct access to the log content of all your mission-critical applications, infrastructure and cloud platforms. You can create custom log metrics for smarter and faster troubleshooting. You will be able to understand log data in the context of your full stack, including real user impacts.

Log Monitoring Classic

Log Monitoring Classic is available for SaaS and managed deployments. For the latest Dynatrace log offering on SaaS, consider upgrading to Log Management and Analytics.

Ingest & Processing

Set up automatic log collection, and extract value with Log Processing.

Analysis

Analyze significant log events across multiple logs, across parts of the environment (production), and potentially over a longer timeframe.

Alerting

Define patterns, events, and custom log metrics to receive proactive notifications.

API

Use the Dynatrace API to send log data to Dynatrace and quickly search, aggregate, or export the log content.

Configuration

Get the latest Log Monitoring
Tweak your setup
Default limits
Supported log data format
Connect log data to traces
Log storage configuration
Log Monitoring FAQ

Log data acquisition

Autodiscovery
Add log files manually
Generic log ingestion
Cloud log forwarding
Logs from Kubernetes
Add log sources
Log processing

Log data analysis

Log viewer
Log events
Log metrics
Log custom attributes
Management zones

Legacy Log Monitoring v1

The previous version, Dynatrace Log Monitoring v1, is a legacy solution.

We strongly encourage you to switch to the latest Dynatrace Log Monitoring version.

  • Legacy Log Monitoring v1 documentation
  • Compare legacy Log Monitoring v1 to the latest version of Dynatrace Log Monitoring.
  • Switch to the latest version of Dynatrace Log Monitoring.
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    Understand how the volume of DDU consumption is calculated for Dynatrace Log Monitoring Classic.

  • Log Monitoring v1

    Legacy Log Monitoring v1 Documentation.