Log Files LogSource Configuration

LogSource is a LogicModule that provides templates to help you enable LM Logs and configure log data collection and forwarding. LogSource contains details about which logs to get and where to get them, and which fields should be considered for parsing. LogSource is available for common sources of log data. 

Requirements

The Log Files LogSource type uses the LM OpenTelemetry Collector (LM OTEL Collector) to forward traces from your instrumented applications to the LM platform. For more information see OpenTelemetry Collector for LogicMonitor Overview.

Configuration Options

The following describes configuration details specific to the Log Files type of LogSource. For general information on how to add a LogSource, see Configuring a LogSource.

Basic Information

Provide the path name for the log file in XML format in the Log File Path field (required).

Include Filters

You can add filters to include resources of certain types, for example an application. The output matching the filter criteria will be forwarded to the log ingestion process.

Available parameters

Attributes	Comparison operator	Value example
Message	RegexMatch, RegexNotMatch.	Regular expression

Log Fields

You can configure Log Fields (tags) to send additional metadata with the logs.

Available parameters

Method	Key example	Value example	Description
Static	“Customer”	“Customer_XYZ”
Dynamic(REGEX)	“Host”	“host=*”	The query will run on the message field.
LM Property(Token)	“Device”	“##system.deviceId##”

Example

Configuration example for a Log Files type of LogSource.

Basic Information

• Name: Log_File
• Description: Data from monitored logs in X. 
• Type: LM Logs: Log Files
• Group: Log Files
• Log File Path: \\share\logfile.log