Manage Cloud Product Logs from Tencent Cloud Advisor with CLS
Use architecture views to check log-delivery status, search cloud-product logs, and open ready-made dashboards from one operations workspace.
Cloud operations teams often know that something is wrong before they know which cloud product, instance, or log source to inspect. In a complex cloud architecture, logs may be enabled for some resources but not others, and troubleshooting can require switching between topology views, log consoles, dashboards, and product pages.
Tencent Cloud CLS and Tencent Cloud Advisor address that workflow by integrating cloud-product log management into the Cloud Advisor architecture view. Operators can check log delivery status, enable or disable log access in batches, search reported logs, and open ready-made dashboards without leaving the architecture-oriented operations view.
The Problem: Log Status Is Hidden Across Cloud Resources
When many cloud products participate in one application architecture, log operations become fragmented:
| Operational question | Why it is hard without a unified view |
|---|---|
| Which instances have log delivery enabled? | The answer may be spread across product consoles and individual resource pages. |
| Which upstream or downstream resource should I inspect first? | Resource relationships are easier to understand in an architecture view than in isolated lists. |
| Can I query logs without leaving the topology context? | Traditional workflows often require jumping into a separate log console. |
| Is there a dashboard for this cloud product? | Teams may need to build dashboards manually or search for the right template. |
The CLS integration in Cloud Advisor makes the architecture view the starting point for log access management, search, and dashboard analysis.
What the CLS Plugin Adds to Cloud Advisor
The integration provides three core capabilities:
| Capability | What operators can do |
|---|---|
| Unified log access management | View the log-delivery status of cloud-product instances and enable or disable log delivery in batches. |
| Unified log search and analysis | Query reported logs by key fields, time range, and search statements directly from the architecture view. |
| Ready-made cloud-product dashboards | Open product-specific operational dashboards for performance monitoring, usage trends, and anomaly analysis. |
The purpose is not only to collect logs. It is to keep log status, resource relationships, query workflows, and operational dashboards in the same place.
Capability 1: Unified Log Access Management
The access-management workflow starts in the Cloud Advisor architecture view:
- Open the Cloud Advisor architecture view.
- Select the CLS log-service plugin.
- Choose the cloud product.
- Open the access management module.
- Review the current log delivery status for product instances.
- Enable or disable instance log delivery in batches where needed.
This helps operators answer a basic troubleshooting question quickly: do the affected resources actually have logs enabled?
Capability 2: Embedded Log Search
The log search module lets operators query cloud-product logs directly from the architecture view. The workflow is:
- Open the Cloud Advisor architecture view.
- Select the CLS log-service plugin.
- Choose the cloud product.
- Open the log search module.
- Review real-time reported logs.
- Enter a search statement and execute analysis.
This is useful for fault localization, access-behavior tracing, and runtime status monitoring. Because the search begins from an architecture context, the operator can connect the log query to upstream and downstream resource relationships.
Capability 3: Ready-Made Cloud-Product Dashboards
Cloud Advisor also exposes product-specific operational dashboards through the CLS integration. The workflow is:
- Open the Cloud Advisor architecture view.
- Select the CLS log-service plugin.
- Choose the cloud product.
- Open the dashboard module.
- Review product-specific operational charts.
These dashboards are intended for common cloud-product analysis needs such as performance monitoring, usage trends, and anomaly detection. They reduce the amount of manual dashboard configuration required before a team can inspect a product's operational state.
Supported Product Scope
The source workflow notes two levels of coverage:
| Scope | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 9 cloud products in Cloud Advisor | Operators can directly manage and analyze logs for nine supported cloud products from the Cloud Advisor workflow described above. |
| 60+ cloud products in CLS | CLS supports one-click collection and fast analysis for more than 60 cloud-product log types. |
For teams building a centralized log operations model, this distinction matters. Cloud Advisor provides the architecture-view workflow for the supported products, while CLS remains the broader log collection and analysis base.
Operating Model
A practical operating model looks like this:
| Stage | Operator action |
|---|---|
| Architecture review | Start from Cloud Advisor to understand resource relationships and locate the relevant product or instance. |
| Access check | Use access management to confirm whether log delivery is enabled. |
| Search | Use embedded log search to inspect key fields and time ranges. |
| Dashboard review | Open the product dashboard for trends, performance, usage, or anomaly analysis. |
| Follow-up | Expand to CLS console workflows when deeper log analysis or broader product coverage is required. |
This turns log operations from a console-switching workflow into an architecture-guided workflow.
When This Integration Helps Most
Use this workflow when:
- A cloud architecture has many related products and resources.
- Operators need to know which instances have log delivery enabled.
- Troubleshooting requires both resource relationships and log evidence.
- Product-specific dashboards should be available without manual setup.
- Teams want a single place to start cloud-product log access, search, and analysis.
FAQ
Can Cloud Advisor show whether cloud-product logs are enabled?
Yes. Through the CLS log-service plugin, Cloud Advisor can show the log delivery status of cloud-product instances and support batch enablement or disablement for supported products.
Can I search CLS logs directly from Cloud Advisor?
Yes. The log search module supports querying reported cloud-product logs by key fields, time range, and search statements from the architecture view.
Do I need to build dashboards manually first?
For supported cloud products, the integration provides ready-made product dashboards for operational analysis such as performance monitoring, usage trends, and anomaly detection.
How many products are covered?
The Cloud Advisor workflow currently supports direct log access and management for nine cloud products in the described integration. CLS also supports one-click collection and fast analysis for more than 60 cloud-product logs.
When should I still use the CLS console?
Use the Cloud Advisor integration as the architecture-guided entry point. Use the CLS console when you need deeper query work, broader log-topic management, or analysis outside the supported Cloud Advisor product workflow.
