Kubernetes Logs

Send Kubernetes container logs to Last9 via OpenTelemetry Collector.

Prerequisites

A running Kubernetes cluster
helm installed
Last9 OTLP credentials from the Integrations page

Installation

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/last9/last9-k8s-observability/main/last9-otel-setup.sh
chmod +x last9-otel-setup.sh

./last9-otel-setup.sh logs-only \
  endpoint="$last9_otlp_endpoint" \
  token="$last9_otlp_auth_header"

Verification

kubectl get pods -n last9

Visit the Logs Explorer to see data flowing in.

Setting additional log attributes

Customize log attributes in last9-otel-collector-values.yaml:

transform/logs/last9:
  error_mode: ignore
  log_statements:
    - context: resource
      statements:
        - set(attributes["service.name"], attributes["k8s.container.name"]) where attributes["service.name"] == ""
        - set(attributes["deployment_environment"], "staging")

Uninstall

./last9-otel-setup.sh uninstall

Troubleshooting

Please get in touch with us on Discord or Email if you have any questions.