How to Forward Logs in App Platform
App Platform is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering that allows developers to publish code directly to DigitalOcean servers without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.
In addition to viewing basic logs in App Platform, you can forward application runtime logs to external log management providers. This allows you to use the provider to search, index, and retain the logs. Forwarding logs does not count towards application’s bandwidth usage and you cannot use dedicated egress IP addresses to forward logs at this time.
Currently, App Platform supports log forwarding to OpenSearch, Papertrail, Datadog, Logtail, and DigitalOcean Managed OpenSearch clusters.
Configure Log Forwarding using the Control Panel
To configure log forwarding, go to the Apps section of the control panel, click on your app, and click on the Settings tab. In the Log Forwarding section, click Edit and select your log collection provider. Then provide the applicable values for your provider:
| Provider | Settings |
|---|---|
| Managed OpenSearch | Username (optional): The username you use to access the cluster. Defaults to |
| OpenSearch | Endpoint: The endpoint URL of your OpenSearch cluster, in |
| Papertrail | Endpoint: The provider endpoint where App Platform forwards the logs. Use TLS-encrypted syslog endpoint. For more information, see the Papertrail documentation. |
| Datadog | Endpoint: The provider endpoint where App Platform forwards the logs. Use the HTTP endpoint API Key : The token generated by Datadog. For more information, see the Datadog documentation. |
| Logtail | Token: The token used to access a Rsyslog source in Logtail. For more information, see the Logtail documentation. |
Select the resources of the app that should forward logs to the provider.
Click the Add Log Destination button to enable remote logging for the provider.
Configure Log Forwarding using the App Spec
To configure log forwarding using the app spec, add a log_destinations object to your app spec and specify the log consumer’s details. For example, the following configuration forwards logs to a DigitalOcean Managed OpenSearch cluster:
log_destinations:
- name: your_log_consumer_name
open_search:
cluster_name: your-opensearch-cluster
See the app spec reference for more information about the log_destinations object and the details for each log consumer.