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Configuring a Tracker

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On the CTS console, you can add configurations such as OBS or LTS transfer for the created management tracker.

You can select whether to send recorded traces to an OBS bucket for long-term storage.

After the tracker configuration is complete, CTS will immediately start recording operations under the new settings.

This section describes how to configure the management tracker.

Prerequisites

You have enabled CTS.

Configuring a Management Tracker

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner to select the desired region and project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Management & Deployment > Cloud Trace Service. The CTS console is displayed.
  4. Choose Tracker List in the navigation pane.
  5. Click Configure in the Operation column in the row of the management tracker.

  6. Configure the basic information of the tracker, and click Next.

    Parameter

    Description

    Tracker Name

    The default value is system and cannot be changed.

    Enterprise Project

    Select an enterprise project.

    NOTE:

    Enterprise projects allow you to manage cloud resources and users by project.

    For details about how to enable the enterprise project function, see Creating an Enterprise Project.

    Excluding DEW traces

    Deselected by default. If this option is selected, the createDataKey and decryptDatakey operations on DEW will not be transferred to OBS/LTS.

  7. On the Configure Transfer page, configure the transfer parameters of the tracker. You can only query operation records of the last seven days on the CTS console. To store and query operation records beyond seven days, transfer them to OBS or LTS. For details, see Table 1 and Table 2.

    Table 1 Parameters for configuring the transfer to OBS

    Parameter

    Description

    Transfer to OBS

    Select an existing OBS bucket or create one on this page and set File Prefix if Transfer to OBS is enabled.

    When Transfer to OBS is disabled, no operation is required.

    Create a cloud service agency.

    (Mandatory) If you select this check box, CTS automatically creates a cloud service agency when you create a tracker. The agency authorizes you to use OBS.

    OBS Bucket Account

    CTS allows you to transfer traces to OBS buckets of other users for unified management.

    • If you select Logged-in user, you do not need to grant the transfer permission.
    • If you select Other users, ensure that the user to which the OBS bucket belongs has granted the transfer permission to your current user. Otherwise, the transfer fails. For details about how to grant the transfer permission, see Cross-Tenant Transfer Authorization.

    OBS Bucket

    New: An OBS bucket will be created automatically with the name you enter.

    NOTE:

    The OBS bucket created on this page is a single-AZ private bucket with Standard storage. If you need other configurations, create the bucket on OBS Console in advance and choose Existing to select it.

    Existing: Select an existing OBS bucket in the current region.

    Select Bucket

    If you select New for OBS Bucket, enter a name for the new OBS bucket. The bucket name cannot be empty. Enter 3 to 63 characters, including only lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.). It cannot contain two consecutive periods (for example, my..bucket). A period (.) and a hyphen (-) cannot be adjacent to each other (for example, my-.bucket and my.-bucket). Do not use an IP address as a bucket name.

    If you select Existing for OBS Bucket, select an existing OBS bucket.

    Retention Period

    For the management tracker, the retention period configured on the OBS console is used by default and cannot be changed.

    File Prefix

    A file prefix is used to mark transferred trace files. The prefix you set will be automatically added to the beginning of the file names, facilitating file filtering. Enter 0 to 64 characters. Only letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.) are allowed.

    Compression

    The usage of object storage space can be reduced.

    • Do not compress: Transfer files in the *.json format.
    • gzip: Transfer files in *.json.gz format.

    Sort by Cloud Service

    • When this function is enabled, the cloud service name is added to the transfer file path, and multiple small files are generated in OBS.
    • When this function is disabled, the cloud service name will not be added to the transfer file path.

    Transfer Path

    Log transfer path is automatically set by the system.

    Table 2 Parameters for configuring the transfer to LTS

    Parameter

    Description

    Transfer to LTS

    When Transfer to LTS is enabled, traces are transferred to the log stream.

    Log Group

    When Transfer to LTS is enabled, the default log group name CTS is set. When Transfer to LTS is disabled, no operation is required.

  8. Click Next > Configure to complete the configuration of the tracker.

    You can then view the tracker details on the Tracker List page.

    Note

    Traces recorded by CTS are delivered periodically to the OBS bucket for storage. If you configure an OBS bucket for a tracker, traces generated during the current cycle (usually several minutes) will be delivered to the configured OBS bucket. For example, if the current cycle is from 12:00:00 to 12:05:00 and you configure an OBS bucket for a tracker at 12:02:00, traces received from 12:00:00 to 12:02:00 will also be delivered to the configured OBS bucket for storage at 12:05:00.

  9. (Optional) On the Tracker List page, click in the Tag column to add tags to the tracker.

    Tags are key-value pairs, which are used to identify, classify, and search for trackers. Tracker tags are used to filter and manage trackers only. A maximum of 20 tags can be added to a tracker.

    If your organization has configured tag policies for CTS, add tags to trackers based on the policies.

    Table 3 Tag parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Example

    Tag key

    A tag key of a tracker must be unique. You can customize a key or select the key of an existing tag created in Tag Management Service (TMS).

    A tag key:

    • Can contain 1 to 128 characters.
    • Can contain letters, digits, spaces, and special characters _.:=+-@, but cannot start or end with a space or start with _sys_.

    Key_0001

    Tag value

    A tag value can be repetitive or left blank.

    A tag value:

    • Can contain 0 to 255 characters.
    • Can contain letters, digits, spaces, and special characters _.:/=+-@

    Value_0001