Cloud Logging documentation
Cloud Logging is a fully managed service that allows you to
store, search, and analyze logging data from
Trusted Cloud by S3NS. Logging includes storage for logs through
log buckets, a user interface called the
Logs Explorer, and
an API to manage logs programmatically.
Logging lets you read and write log entries, query your logs, and control how you
route and use your logs.
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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Using\n[Bindplane](https://bindplane.com/google),\nyou can also collect this data from over 80 additional applications,\non-premises systems, and hybrid cloud systems.\n\nLogging includes storage for logs through\n[log buckets](/logging/docs/buckets), a user interface called the\n[Logs Explorer](/logging/docs/view/logs-viewer-interface), and\n[an API](/logging/docs/reference/api-overview) to manage logs programmatically.\nLogging lets you read and write log entries, query your logs, and control how you\nroute and use your logs.\n[Get started for free](https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial) \n\n#### Start your proof of concept with $300 in free credit\n\n- Get access to Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking\n- Free monthly usage of popular products, including AI APIs and BigQuery\n- No automatic charges, no commitment \n[View free product offers](/free/docs/free-cloud-features#free-tier) \n\n#### Keep exploring with 20+ always-free products\n\n\nAccess 20+ free products for common use cases, including AI APIs, VMs, data warehouses,\nand more.\n\nDocumentation resources\n-----------------------\n\nFind quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues. \nformat_list_numbered\n\n### Guides\n\n-\n\n [Quickstart: Write and query log entries with the gcloud CLI](/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud)\n\n-\n\n [Quickstart: Write and query log entries using a Python script](/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-python)\n\n-\n\n [Using the Logs Explorer](/logging/docs/view/logs-viewer-interface)\n\n-\n\n [Logging query language](/logging/docs/view/logging-query-language)\n\n-\n\n [Building queries](/logging/docs/view/building-queries)\n\n-\n\n [Log Router overview](/logging/docs/routing/overview)\n\n-\n\n [About the Ops Agent](/logging/docs/agent/ops-agent)\n\n-\n\n [Log-based metrics](/logging/docs/logs-based-metrics)\n\n-\n\n [More guides](/logging/docs/overview)\n\nfind_in_page\n\n### Reference\n\n-\n\n [REST API](/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest)\n\n-\n\n [RPC API](/logging/docs/reference/v2/rpc)\n\n-\n\n [Logging Client Libraries](/logging/docs/reference/libraries)\n\n-\n\n [Command-line interface](/logging/docs/reference/tools/gcloud-logging)\n\n-\n\n [Monitored resources and services](/logging/docs/api/v2/resource-list)\n\n-\n\n [Introduction to the Cloud Logging API v2](/logging/docs/reference/api-overview)\n\n-\n\n [More references](/logging/docs/reference)\n\ninfo\n\n### Resources\n\n-\n\n [Quotas and limits](/logging/quotas)\n\n-\n\n [Release notes](/logging/docs/release-notes)\n\n-\n\n [Pricing](https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing)\n\n-\n\n [More resources](/logging/quotas)\n\nRelated resources\n-----------------\n\nTraining and tutorials \nUse cases \nCode samples \nExplore self-paced training, use cases, reference architectures, and code samples with examples of how to use and connect Google Cloud services. Training \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Monitoring and logging for Cloud Functions\n\n\nThis hands-on lab shows you how to view your Cloud Run functions with\ntheir execution times, execution counts, and memory usage in the Google Cloud console. These metrics are also available in Cloud Monitoring.\n\n\n[Learn more](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/catalog_lab/1110) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Creating and alerting on logs-based metrics\n\n\nThis hands-on lab shows you how to use both system and user-defined\nlogs-based metrics to create charts and alerting policies.\n\n\n[Learn more](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/catalog_lab/753) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Security and access analytics\n\n\nThis tutorial shows how to export logs from Logging to BigQuery to meet the security and analytics requirements of your\norganization's cloud infrastructure environment.\n\n\n[Learn more](/solutions/exporting-stackdriver-logging-for-security-and-access-analytics) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Storing your organization's logs in a log bucket\n\n\nLearn how to store your organization's logs in a single source.\n\nLogging Logs Buckets\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/logging/docs/central-log-storage) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Multi-tenant logging on Google Kubernetes Engine.\n\n\nLearn how to configure multi-tenant logging for GKE clusters.\n\nLogging GKE Multi-tenant\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/stackdriver/docs/solutions/gke/multi-tenant-logging) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Regionalizing your project's logs using log buckets\n\n\nLearn how to store your logs data in a designated region.\n\nData residency Regionalization Logging\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/logging/docs/regionalized-logs) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Log Entries: Write\n\n\nLearn how to write log entries in Go, Java, Python, Node.js, C#, and PHP\n\n\n[Get started](/logging/docs/samples/logging-write-log-entry) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Log Entries: Advanced Write\n\n\nLearn how to write log entries in Go, Java, Python, Node.js, C#, and PHP\n\n\n[Get started](/logging/docs/samples/logging-write-log-entry-advanced) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Log Entries: List\n\n\nLearn how to list log entries in Go, Java, Python, Node.js, C#, and PHP\n\n\n[Get started](/logging/docs/samples/logging-list-log-entries) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Logs: Delete\n\n\nLearn how to delete log entries in Go, Java, Python, Node.js, C#, and PHP\n\n\n[Get started](/logging/docs/samples/logging-delete-log) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Setting up Cloud Logging for Go\n\n\nCreate a VM instance with Python\n\n\n[Get started](/logging/docs/setup/go) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### More samples\n\n\nMore logging-specific samples\n\n\n[Learn more](/logging/docs/samples)\n\nRelated videos\n--------------"]]
