Install and Configure Logging Agent on Google Cloud

Once on the Google Cloud Platform page, select Compute Engine >>VM Instances and click on the External IP and keep this tab open.

In a new browser tab, we note the logs available by clicking on the top-left three bar-menu, and select Logging >> Log Explorer(open in new tab).

Click VM Instance and note the logs under the Log Name portion.

Connect to the Compute Engine, by going back to the Compute Engine browser tab. Select SSH to enter into the Compute Engine instance. This launches a new browser tab with access to a Cloud terminal.

Once in the Compute Engine terminal, install the agent:

curl -sSO https://dl.google.com/cloudagents/add-logging-agent-repo.sh

Execute the script:

sudo bash add-logging-agent-repo.sh

Update our repo:

sudo apt update

Install the logging agent:

sudo apt install google-fluentd

Install additional configurations:

sudo apt install -y google-fluentd-catch-all-config

Restart the agent:

sudo service google-fluentd restart

Ensure the agent is running:

sudo service google-fluentd status

If running, this output will contain: Active: active (running).

Exit out of the SSH terminal with:

exit