Querying Traces

After CTS is enabled, CTS starts recording operations on cloud resources. The CTS console stores the last seven days of operation records.

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.