Is there a way to ingest logs about custom data from APIM to log analytics workspace?

Question

Hi team,

I would like to know if there is a way to ingest custom logs from APIM to log analytics workspace other than what's already being ingested?

Thanks:)

Answer 1

@Smruti Ranjan Nayak Thanks for reaching out. As Ben mentioned custom logging would be through Event Hubs.

To ingest custom logs from APIM to a Log Analytics workspace, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a custom log in APIM. You can do this by adding a log-to-eventhub policy to your API or operation policy. This policy sends log data to an Azure Event Hub, which can then be ingested into a Log Analytics workspace. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/api-management-howto-log-event-hubs#log-to-event-hub-policy
2. Create an Azure Event Hub.
3. Configure the Azure Event Hub to send data to the Log Analytics workspace. You can do this by creating a diagnostic setting for the Event Hub and configuring it to send data to the Log Analytics workspace.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/diagnostic-settings#create-a-diagnostic-setting
4. Verify that the custom logs are being ingested into the Log Analytics workspace. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/log-analytics-overview

I hope this helps and let me know if any questions.

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