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Dashboards

Cloud.gov Logs includes dashboards which provide interactive, visual summaries of application performance, platform metrics, and audit events.

These dashboards are powered by OpenSearch Dashboards, a FedRAMP-authorized analytics interface within Cloud.gov’s boundary.

Built-in dashboards

Cloud.gov Logs includes the following dashboards by default:

DashboardDescription
App – ErrorsSummarizes application logs containing @level: ERROR.
App – LogsDisplays top 10 apps by log volume and log counts by severity.
App – MetricsVisualizes application metrics such as CPU and memory usage.
App – OverviewBasic health overview for deployed apps.
App – PerformanceShows request metrics from router (RTR) logs.
Audit – OverviewAggregates audit event logs by event type.
Services – OpenSearch / ElasticsearchShows brokered OpenSearch metrics.
Services – RDSMonitors RDS database metrics.
Services – S3Tracks S3 bucket metrics.

How to browse dashboards

  1. Log in to Cloud.gov Logs.

  2. Click the ☰ (hamburger menu) icon at the top left.

    Screenshot of OpenSearch Dashboards with an arrow pointing to the hamburger menu icon used to open the main navigation

  3. Under OpenSearch Dashboards, select Dashboards.

  4. Browse available dashboards. The name of the built-in dashboards identifies what types of logs or metrics are included in them (eg. App, Audit, Services).

Create your own dashboards

Consult the OpenSearch documentation on how to create your own dashboards.

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