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logentries	Provider: Logentries	docs-logentries-index	The Logentries provider is used to manage Logentries logs and log sets. Logentries provides live log management and analytics. The provider needs to be configured with a Logentries account key before it can be used.

Logentries Provider

The Logentries provider is used to manage Logentries logs and log sets. Logentries provides live log management and analytics. The provider needs to be configured with a Logentries account key before it can be used.

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Example Usage

# Configure the Logentries provider
provider "logentries" {
   account_key = "${var.logentries_account_key}"
}

# Create a log set
resource "logentries_logset" "host_logs" {
   name = "${var.server}-logs"
}

# Create a log and add it to the log set
resource "logentries_log" "app_log" {
   logset_id = "${logentries_logset.host_logs.id}"
   name = "myapp-log"
   source = "token"
}

# Add the log token to a cloud-config that can be used by an 
# application to send logs to Logentries
resource "aws_launch_configuration" "app_launch_config" {
  name_prefix = "myapp-"
  image_id = "${var.ami}"
  instance_type = "${var.instance_type}"

  user_data = <<EOF
#cloud-config
write_files:
  - content: |
        #!/bin/bash -l
        export LOGENTRIES_TOKEN=${logentries_log.app_log.token}
        run-my-app.sh
    path: "/etc/sv/my-app/run"
    permissions: 0500
runcmd:
  - ln -s /etc/sv/my-app /etc/service/
EOF

  iam_instance_profile = "${var.instance_profile}"

  lifecycle {
    create_before_destroy = true
  }

  root_block_device {
    volume_type = "gp2"
    volume_size = "100"
  }
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported in the provider block:

• account_key - (Required) The Logentries account key. This can also be specified with the LOGENTRIES_ACCOUNT_KEY environment variable. See the Logentries account key documentation for more information.