Logging for load balancers

Gcore Logging collects and stores logs from various Cloud resources, including Load Balancers. This guide outlines configuring Logging for an existing Load Balancer and highlights the guaranteed throughput between different Load Balancer regions and Logging regions.

To create a new Load Balancer, refer to our product documentation.

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Step 1. Open load balancers settings

In the Cloud menu, select Networking and then Load Balancers. Click the Load Balancer name for which you want to configure Logging.

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Step 2. Enable logging

Go to the Logs tab and turn on the Enable Logging toggle.

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Step 3. Configure logging settings

1. Create a namespace for your topics.

To create a namespace, input the namespace name according to the following restrictions:

• Lowercase Latin letters and digits can be used
• Underscore and spaces are prohibited
• Length is between 2–32
• The name should be unique for the destination region. If it’s already used, the system will suggest inputting another name.

Click Create.

2. Add a topic. Select an existing one from the list or create a new one. For a new topic, specify the name and the retention period.

3. Click Save changes.

Your Load Balancer will start sending logs to the topic.

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Throughput test results

Below are the test results that demonstrate the throughput for various region pairs (measured in K RPS,) where “source” is the region of a Load Balancer and “destination” is the location of the Managed Logging servers.