Cloud Logging

Only platform services can write log entries to billing accounts.

These logs have names with the format billingAccounts/[BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID]/logs/[LOG_ID]. For more information, see entries.write.

The legacy Logging agent has officially reached its end of support.

All standard maintenance and regular bug fixes for the agent have ceased. We recommend migrating to one of the supported alternatives. For more information about this deprecation, see Legacy Monitoring and Logging agents end of support.

Starting with version 2.71.0, you can use an Ops Agent configuration option to export your metrics, logs, and traces by using the OpenTelemetry-based Telemetry…

Starting with version 2.71.0, you can use an Ops Agent configuration option to export your metrics, logs, and traces by using the OpenTelemetry-based Telemetry API rather than by using the Cloud Monitoring API, Logging API, or Trace API.

VM Extension Manager extension policies for the Ops Agent are Generally Available (GA).

Extension policies provide zonal and project-wide Ops Agent installation, version upgrades, and configuration management. For more information, see Install and manage the Ops Agent by using VM Extension Manager policies.