Creating a Flow Log

Function

This API is used to create a flow log for an enterprise router.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/enterprise-router/{er_id}/flow-logs

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID

er_id

Yes

String

Enterprise router ID

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Client-Token

No

String

Idempotence identifier

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 64

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

flow_log

Yes

FlowLogRequest object

Request body for creating a flow log

Table 4 FlowLogRequest

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Flow log name

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 64

description

No

String

Flow log description

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

resource_type

Yes

String

Type of resource whose flow logs are collected.

  • VPC attachments

  • Virtual gateway attachments

resource_id

Yes

String

Resource ID

log_group_id

Yes

String

Log group ID. Obtain the log group ID by referring to the Log Tank Service User Guide.

log_stream_id

Yes

String

Log stream ID. Obtain the log stream ID by referring to the Log Tank Service User Guide.

log_store_type

Yes

String

Flow log storage type.

LTS: Logs are stored on LTS servers.

log_store_name

No

String

Flow log storage name. This parameter is not supported for now.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 255

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 5 Response header parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

X-Client-Token

-

Idempotence identifier

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

flow_log

FlowLog object

Flow log details

request_id

String

Request ID

Table 7 FlowLog

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Flow log ID

name

String

Flow log name

description

String

Flow log description

project_id

String

Project ID of the flow log task creator

resource_type

String

Resource type. The value is attachment.

resource_id

String

Resource ID

log_group_id

String

Log group ID

log_stream_id

String

Log stream ID

log_store_type

String

Flow log storage type. LTS is used for log storage.

log_store_name

String

Flow log storage name. This parameter is not supported for now.

log_aggregation_interval

Integer

Log aggregation time, in seconds. The value ranges from 60 to 600.

created_at

String

Creation time in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ

updated_at

String

Update time in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ

state

String

Flow log status. Value options: pending, available, modifying, deleting, deleted, and failed

enabled

Boolean

Whether to enable flow logs. The value can be true or false.

Example Requests

Creating a flow log

POST https://{erouter_endpoint}/v3/0605767a9980d5762fbcc00b3537e757/enterprise-router/a43c55e9-4911-4030-90e1-5c2bf6ae6fe2/flow-logs

{
  "flow_log" : {
    "name" : "flow-log",
    "description" : "flow log test",
    "resource_type" : "attachment",
    "resource_id" : "6f83b848-8331-4271-ac0c-ef94b7686402",
    "log_group_id" : "0139393c-eeb2-49f0-bbd4-c5faec6b1497",
    "log_stream_id" : "d22c3b44-2f71-470f-83f3-96a8af6956ad",
    "log_store_type" : "LTS"
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 202

Accepted

{
  "flow_log" : {
    "id" : "b216bc1d-5963-41a7-89f9-779a5128c5ac",
    "name" : "flow_log",
    "project_id" : "0605767a9980d5762fbcc00b3537e757",
    "resource_type" : "attachment",
    "resource_id" : "6f83b848-8331-4271-ac0c-ef94b7686402",
    "log_group_id" : "0139393c-eeb2-49f0-bbd4-c5faec6b1497",
    "log_stream_id" : "d22c3b44-2f71-470f-83f3-96a8af6956ad",
    "log_store_type" : "LTS",
    "log_aggregation_interval" : 600,
    "created_at" : "2020-03-11T15:13:31Z",
    "updated_at" : "2022-03-11T15:13:31Z",
    "state" : "available",
    "enabled" : true,
    "description" : "Flow Logs"
  },
  "request_id" : "915a14a6-867b-4af7-83d1-70efceb146f9"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

202

Accepted

Error Codes

See Error Codes.