Install Management Agents

See Oracle Management Agents Documentation to complete the following tasks:

  • Perform prerequisites for deploying Management Agents

  • Install Management Agent. Ensure to deploy the Logging Analytics plug-in when installing the agent.

    As part of the installation process, you will need to create a response file in which you must include the following line about enabling Logging Analytics plug-in:

    Service.plugin.logan.download=true

After you install the Management Agent, complete the following Logging Analytics specific tasks to start the log collection:

  • Map your entities to your agent: Create your entities and select the Management Agent that was installed to associate the agent with this entity. See Create an Entity to Represent Your Log-Emitting Resource. You can also edit an existing entity and add the agent.

  • Configure source-entity association. You can use the Add Data wizard to perform this task. For step-by-step help to complete the task, see OCI Logging Analytics: Set Up Continuous Log Collection (Tutorial icon Tutorial ).

Note

The management agent connects to the following endpoints for Oracle Logging Analytics operations:
  • Upload the logs and log collection warning:
    https://loganalytics.<region>.oci.oraclecloud.com/<additional_part_pertaining_to_the_operation>
  • Metrics:
    https://telemetry-ingestion.<region>.oraclecloud.com/<additional_part_pertaining_to_the_operation>

In the above endpoints, region is the identifier for your region, for example, us-ashburn-1.