Querying Traces

After CTS is enabled, the tracker starts recording operations on cloud resources. Operation records for the last 7 days are stored on the CTS console.

This section describes how to query operation records for the last 7 days on the CTS console.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click image1 in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.

  3. Click Service List. Under Management & Deployment, click Cloud Trace Service.

  4. Choose Trace List in the navigation pane on the left.

  5. Specify the filters used for querying traces. The following four filters are available:

    • Trace Source, Resource Type, Search By, and Operator

      Select the filter from the drop-down list.

      When you select Trace name for Search By, you also need to select a specific trace name.

      When you select Resource ID for Search By, you also need to select or enter a specific resource ID.

      When you select Resource name for Search By, you also need to select or enter a specific resource name.

    • Operator: Select a specific operator (a user rather than tenant).

    • Trace Status: Available options include All trace statuses, normal, warning, and incident. You can only select one of them.

    • Start time and end time: You can specify the time period for query traces.

  6. Click image2 to the left of the record to be queried to extend its details.

  7. Locate a trace and click View Trace in the Operation column.