Install the Cloud Agent and Enable Oracle Log Analytics
You must perform the following tasks to install cloud agents.
Note:
You can access your log data on Oracle Log Analytics by:-
Installing the cloud agent that collects logs from your target host.
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Uploading log data on demand. See Upload Logs to Oracle Log Analytics on Demand.
- Ingesting logs from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage. See Ingest Logs from OCI Object Storage Buckets.
- Using the open source data collector software, Fluentd to collect logs. See Use Fluentd for Log Collection.
The following table lists the tasks that you must perform if you’re using the cloud agent to enable Oracle Log Analytics to collect the log data.
Required Role: To complete these tasks, you must have the Oracle Management Cloud Administrator role. If this role isn’t assigned to you or you’re not sure, then ask your system administrator to ensure that the role is assigned to you in Oracle Cloud. See About Oracle Log Analytics Roles and Users.
| Task | Required / Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Task 1: Understand the agent deployment topology. | Required |
Review and understand the deployment topology of Oracle Management Cloud agents that are required to set up Oracle Log Analytics. See Understand the Architecture of Oracle Management Cloud in Installing and Managing Oracle Management Cloud Agents. |
| Task 2: Review the prerequisites for deploying Oracle Management Cloud agents. | Required |
Review the hardware and software requirements for deploying Oracle Management Cloud agents. See Generic Prerequisites for Deploying Oracle Management Cloud Agents in Installing and Managing Oracle Management Cloud Agents. |
| Task 3: Grant the privileges to the cloud agent to read the log files. | Required |
Make the log files readable to the Oracle Management Cloud agents. See the section Requirement for Logs Collection on Unix in the topic Generic Prerequisites for Deploying Oracle Management Cloud Agents in Installing and Managing Oracle Management Cloud Agents. |
| Task 4: Access the Oracle Management Cloud. | Required |
Access the Oracle Management Cloud console and assign license editions. Ensure that the Log Collection toggle button is ENABLED. See Access Oracle Management Cloud and Enable License Editions in Getting Started with Oracle Management Cloud. |
| Task 5: Download the agent software. | Required |
Download the agent software that contains the script required to install the Oracle Management Cloud agents. See Download Oracle Management Cloud Agent Software in Installing and Managing Oracle Management Cloud Agents. |
| Task 6: Install a gateway on a host in your data center (the host should have internet access to Oracle Management Cloud.) | Optional |
Install a gateway that acts as a channel between Oracle Management Cloud and all other Oracle Management Cloud agents. See Install a Gateway in Installing and Managing Oracle Management Cloud Agents. |
| Task 7: Install a data collector on the target host. | Optional ( If you’re setting up Oracle Log Analytics without an existing Oracle Enterprise Manager instance) |
Install a data collector that uses a gateway to make data available to Oracle Management Cloud. See Install a Data Collector in Installing and Managing Oracle Management Cloud Agents. |
| Task 8: Install the cloud agent on the target host. | Required |
Install the cloud agent that collects logs from a target host. See Install Cloud Agents in Installing and Managing Oracle Management Cloud Agents. |
| Task 9: Verify the deployment. | Required |
See Verify the Cloud Agent Installation, Verify the Data Collector Installation, and Verify the Gateway Installation in Installing and Managing Oracle Management Cloud Agents. |