Log Analytics Data
Log Analytics only supports the UTF-8 encoding format.
Event Type: logs
Key (event type identifier): sourceType
These fields are captured by default; you can configure and capture optional data, but these fields are always present:
| UI Field Name | Description | Events Service Internal Name |
|---|---|---|
| pickupTimestamp | The timestamp when the Java Agent picked up the event and sent it to the Analytics Agent. | pickupTimestamp
|
| Message | The message body of the log event. | message
|
| host | IP address or host name where the event was generated. | host
|
| source | Location of the logs, usually a path or directory such as /tomcat/logs . | source
|
| sourceType | The kind of log file, such as apache-httpserver-access-log . | sourceType
|
| Timestamp | Timestamp of the log event. | eventTimestamp
|
| Extracted Fields | Fields that were extracted using the Controller UI in previous versions appear in the Extracted Fields list. See Collect Log Analytics Data. | Varies |
You can optionally configure these fields:
| Optional Fields | Description |
|---|---|
| nodeName | Name of the node where the log event occurred. |
| tierName | Name of the tier where the log event occurred. |
| appName | Application name where the log event occurred. |