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Simple Log Service:CloudLens for CLB (formerly SLB Log Center)

Last Updated:Dec 19, 2024

Simple Log Service and Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer (SLB) jointly launch the CloudLens for CLB application. You can use the application to analyze Classic Load Balancer (CLB) access logs, Cloud Config logs, and CloudMonitor events, analyze metrics in seconds, and generate alerts in real time. The application also provides AIOps-based automated anomaly detection. The CloudLens for CLB application allows you to analyze the behavior, geographical distribution, request success rate, and response latency of clients. This topic describes the features, benefits, assets, billing, and limits of the CloudLens for CLB application.

Features

The CloudLens for CLB application automatically aggregates real-time access logs and provides features such as intelligent inspection and real-time alerting.

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  • The application allows you to manage all CLB instances within your Alibaba Cloud account in a centralized manner.功能说明

  • The application allows you to enable the log collection feature for instance logs and global logs with a few clicks and manage the log collection status in a centralized manner. Instance logs are access logs, and global logs consist of Cloud Config logs and CloudMonitor events. For more information, see Enable the data collection feature.

    • Access logs record detailed information about all requests that are sent to CLB instances. The information includes the time when the request is initiated, client IP address, latency, request path, and response from the server.

    • Cloud Config logs consist of change logs and resource non-compliance logs of Cloud Config.

    • CloudMonitor events are the events that are related to SLB certificate expiration.

    功能说明

  • The application allows you to store, query, and analyze CLB access logs in real time.功能说明

  • The application provides various reports, including Monitoring Center and Instance Inspection. You can subscribe to these reports and configure settings to send the reports by using emails or DingTalk group messages.功能说明

  • The application supports custom alert settings and can send alert notifications by using the following methods: Message Center, text messages, emails, voice calls, DingTalk, and custom webhooks.功能说明

  • The application extracts various metrics in real time based on raw access logs. The metrics include page views (PVs), request success rates, average latency, P50 latency, P99 latency, and inbound and outbound traffic. The application can extract metrics from one or more of the following dimensions: slbid, host, method, and status.

  • The application provides the intelligent inspection feature and supports global inspection and slbid-based inspection. You can label anomalies in reports.

Benefits

  • Easy-to-use: You can enable the application with a few clicks and use centralized storage for the application. You do not need to focus on the collection, storage, computing, and visualization of logs. This allows developers and O&M personnel to focus on business development and technical research without the need to worry about tedious and time-consuming log processing.

  • Capable of processing large amounts of data: The number of CLB access logs increases with the number of PVs for CLB instances. This way, a large number of access logs are accumulated. When you process the large number of access logs, you must balance performance and costs. In this case, you can use the CloudLens for CLB application, which can improve query performance. The application supports custom settings for the pre-aggregation feature and can use the feature to calculate and aggregate metrics in real time. After the aggregation, the data volume significantly reduces.

  • Real-time: Real-time data is required in scenarios such as DevOps, monitoring, and alerting. The application can analyze and process real-time logs in seconds by integrating Alibaba Cloud SLB with the big data computing capabilities of Simple Log Service.

  • Flexible: You can enable or disable the access log management feature based on the specifications of your CLB instances. You can also specify a custom retention period for logs. The storage capacity of a Logstore can be dynamically scaled to meet service requirements.

  • Intelligent: The application automatically inspects CLB metrics to identify and locate errors in an efficient and accurate manner based on the AIOps algorithms that are developed by Alibaba DAMO Academy.

Assets

You can view the assets of the CloudLens for CLB application in the project that you specify. The following assets are included:

  • Logstore

    • The Logstore that is used to store CLB access logs. You can use a custom Logstore.

    • The Logstore that is used to store Cloud Config logs. You can use a custom Logstore.

    • The Logstore that is used to store CloudMonitor events. You can use a custom Logstore.

    • The Logstore that is used to store inspection results. After you enable the log collection feature for access logs, Simple Log Service automatically generates a dedicated Logstore named Logstore for access logs-metrics-result.

    Warning
    • Do not delete the preceding Logstores. If you delete the preceding Logstores, related logs cannot be collected to Simple Log Service.

    • Do not delete the indexes of specific fields in the Logstore that is used to store CLB access logs. If you delete the indexes, metric conversion fails.

  • Metricstore

    The Metricstore is used to store the metrics that are generated after raw metrics are aggregated. After you enable the log collection feature for access logs, Simple Log Service automatically generates a dedicated Metricstore named Logstore for access logs-metrics.

    Note

    The Metricstore stores the metrics that are generated after raw metrics are aggregated. The data volume significantly reduces after aggregation, and you can store aggregated metrics for a long period of time.

  • Aggregation rules

    Rule name

    Time granularity

    Dimension

    New metric

    total

    10 seconds

    total

    • pv

    • body_bytes_sent_avg

    • body_bytes_sent_sum

    • request_length_avg

    • request_length_sum

    • upstream_response_time_avg

    • upstream_response_time_p50

    • upstream_response_time_p90

    • upstream_response_time_p99

    • request_time_avg

    • request_time_p50

    • request_time_p90

    • request_time_p99

    slbid

    10 seconds

    slbid

    • pv:slb

    • body_bytes_sent_avg:slb

    • body_bytes_sent_sum:slb

    • request_length_avg:slb

    • request_length_sum:slb

    • upstream_response_time_avg:slb

    • upstream_response_time_p50:slb

    • upstream_response_time_p90:slb

    • upstream_response_time_p99:slb

    • request_time_avg:slb

    • request_time_p50:slb

    • request_time_p90:slb

    • request_time_p99:slb

    slbid_host_status

    10 seconds

    slbid+host+status

    • pv:slbid:host:status

    • body_bytes_sent_avg:slbid:host:status

    • body_bytes_sent_sum:slbid:host:status

    • request_length_avg:slbid:host:status

    • request_length_sum:slbid:host:status

    • upstream_response_time_avg:slbid:host:status

    • upstream_response_time_p50:slbid:host:status

    • upstream_response_time_p90:slbid:host:status

    • upstream_response_time_p99:slbid:host:status

    • request_time_avg:slbid:host:status

    • request_time_p50:slbid:host:status

    • request_time_p90:slbid:host:status

    • request_time_p99:slbid:host:status

    slbid+host+status+request_method+upstream_status+url

    10 seconds

    slbid+host+status+request_method+upstream_status+url

    • pv:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • body_bytes_sent_avg:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • body_bytes_sent_sum:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_length_avg:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_length_sum:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • upstream_response_time_avg:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • upstream_response_time_p50:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • upstream_response_time_p90:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • upstream_response_time_p99:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_time_avg:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_time_p50:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_time_p90:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_time_p99:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

  • Inspection rules

    Rule name

    Status

    Algorithm

    Metric

    slb-patrol-total

    This rule is enabled by default.

    Time2Graph

    • pv

    • body_bytes_sent_avg

    • body_bytes_sent_sum

    • request_length_avg

    • request_length_sum

    • upstream_response_time_avg

    • upstream_response_time_p50

    • upstream_response_time_p90

    • upstream_response_time_p99

    • request_time_avg

    • request_time_p50

    • request_time_p90

    • request_time_p99

    slb-patrol-slb

    This rule is enabled by default.

    Time2Graph

    • pv:slb

    • body_bytes_sent_avg:slb

    • body_bytes_sent_sum:slb

    • request_length_avg:slb

    • request_length_sum:slb

    • upstream_response_time_avg:slb

    • upstream_response_time_p50:slb

    • upstream_response_time_p90:slb

    • upstream_response_time_p99:slb

    • request_time_avg:slb

    • request_time_p50:slb

    • request_time_p90:slb

    • request_time_p99:slb

    slb-patrol-slbid_host_status

    This rule is disabled by default.

    Time2Graph

    • pv:slbid:host:status

    • body_bytes_sent_avg:slbid:host:status

    • body_bytes_sent_sum:slbid:host:status

    • request_length_avg:slbid:host:status

    • request_length_sum:slbid:host:status

    • upstream_response_time_avg:slbid:host:status

    • upstream_response_time_p50:slbid:host:status

    • upstream_response_time_p90:slbid:host:status

    • upstream_response_time_p99:slbid:host:status

    • request_time_avg:slbid:host:status

    • request_time_p50:slbid:host:status

    • request_time_p90:slbid:host:status

    • request_time_p99:slbid:host:status

    slb-patrol-slbid_host_status_request_method_upstream_status

    This rule is disabled by default.

    Time2Graph

    • pv:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • body_bytes_sent_avg:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • body_bytes_sent_sum:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_length_avg:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_length_sum:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • upstream_response_time_avg:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • upstream_response_time_p50:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • upstream_response_time_p90:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • upstream_response_time_p99:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_time_avg:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_time_p50:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_time_p90:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

    • request_time_p99:slbid:host:status:method:upstream_status

  • Dedicated dashboards

    Dashboard

    Associated Logstore or Metricstore

    Description

    Monitoring Overview

    Logstore for access logs-metrics

    Displays the overall information about the metrics of CLB instances. The metrics include Core Indicators, Error Code, Traffic, Exception Event, PVs, and Access Success Rate.

    Monitoring Center

    • Logstore for access logs-metrics

    • Logstore for access logs

    Displays the real-time monitoring data of CLB instances. The data includes PVs, Request Success Rate, Average Latency, Requests with Status Code 4xx, Status Distribution, Traffic, P50 Latency, P90 Latency, P99 Latency, Hosts with Most Requests, Hosts with Highest Latency, Hosts with Highest Failure Rate, URLs with Most Requests, URLs with Highest Latency, URLs with Highest Failure Rate, Backends with Most Requests, Backends with Highest Latency, and Backends with Highest Failure Rate.

    Real-time Monitoring

    Logstore for access logs

    Displays the metrics of CLB instances that are accurate to seconds. The metrics include QPS, Access Latency, Upstream Latency, Success Rate, Request Traffic, Response Body Traffic, Status Code 2xx, Status Code 3xx, Error Codes, Upstream Status Code 2xx, Upstream Status Code 3xx, and Upstream Error Codes.

    Instance Inspection

    • Logstore for access logs-metrics

    • Logstore for access logs-metrics-result

    Displays information about anomalies that are detected by Simple Log Service. The information includes Exceptions, High Exceptions, Exception Distributions, Middle Exceptions, Low Exceptions, Exception List, and Exception Events. Simple Log Service automatically detects anomalies in CLB instances based on the machine learning algorithms that are provided by Simple Log Service.

    Access Overview

    Logstore for access logs

    Displays the overall status of CLB instances. The status information includes PVs (Day-on-day), PVs (Week-on-week), UVs (Day-on-day), UVs (Week-on-week), PV Distribution, UV Distribution, PVs Today, PVs of 7 Days, Top 10 States with Most Requests, Percentage of Mobile Users, TOP 10 Hosts with Most Requests, TOP 10 User Agents with Most Requests, and IP Addresses with Most Requests.

Billing

  • You are not charged for the access log management feature of SLB.

  • After CLB access logs are collected to Simple Log Service, you are charged based on the storage, read traffic, number of requests, data transformation, and data shipping. The fees are included in your Simple Log Service bills. For more information, see Billable items of pay-by-feature.

Limits

  • You can enable the collection of access logs only on the CLB instances on which Layer 7 listeners are configured.

  • The CLB instance that you use must reside in the same region as the project that you specify in Simple Log Service.

  • CloudLens for CLB is supported in the following regions.

    Cloud type

    Region

    Alibaba Cloud public cloud

    China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Philippines (Manila), Japan (Tokyo), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), and UAE (Dubai)

Precautions

Warning

To use a CloudLens application, make sure that at least one project exists within your Alibaba Cloud account.

When you enable a CloudLens application, Simple Log Service automatically checks whether a project exists within your Alibaba Cloud account.

Check logic

  1. The first time you enable a CloudLens application, Simple Log Service automatically checks whether a project exists within your Alibaba Cloud account. If no projects exist, Simple Log Service creates a project whose name is in the aliyun-product-data-<Alibaba Cloud account ID>-cn-heyuan format in the China (Heyuan) region.

  2. After you enable a CloudLens application, Simple Log Service automatically checks whether a project exists within your Alibaba Cloud account. If no projects exist, Simple Log Service does not create a project in the China (Heyuan) region. You can manually create a project. For more information about how to create a project, see Manage a project.

Delete a project

  • If you want to delete the project whose name is in the aliyun-product-data-<Alibaba Cloud account ID>-cn-heyuan format, open Cloud Shell and run the following command. Replace the Alibaba Cloud account ID based on your business scenario.

    aliyunlog log delete_project --project_name=aliyun-product-data-<Alibaba Cloud account ID>-cn-heyuan --region-endpoint=cn-heyuan.log.aliyuncs.com
  • If you want to delete other projects and logstores, follow the instructions provided in Manage a logstore and Manage a project.