Cloud Logging
A log is defined as a record of a status or event. Logging essentially describes what happened and provides data so that we can investigate an issue. It is critical to be able to read and parse logs across a distributed infrastructure involving multiple services and products. Cloud Logging is a GCP service that allows you to store, search, analyze, monitor, and alert others about logging data and events from Google Cloud and AWS, third-party applications, or custom application code. The information in the log entry is structured as a payload. This payload consists of information related to a timestamp, a resource that the log entry applies to, and a log name. The maximum size of a log entry is 256 KB. Each log entry indicates the source of the resource, labels, namespaces, and status codes. Cloud Logging is also the source of input for other Cloud Operations services, such as Cloud Debug and Cloud Error Reporting.