How to export logs from Stackdriver Logging: new solution documentation

Stackdriver Logging is broadly integrated with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), offering rich logging information about GCP services and how you use them. The Stackdriver Logging Export functionality allows you to export your logs and use the information to suit your needs.

There are lots of reasons to export your logs: to retain them for long-term storage (months or years) to meet compliance requirements; to run data analytics against the metrics extracted from the logs; or simply to import them into another system. Stackdriver Logging can export to Cloud Storage, BigQuery and Cloud Pub/Sub.

How you set up Logging Export on GCP depends on the complexity of your GCP organization, the types of logs to export and how you want to use the logs.

We recently put together a three-part solution that explores best practices for three common logging export scenarios:

1. Export to GCS for Compliance Requirements 
2. Export to BigQuery for Security and Access Analytics
3. Export to Pub/Sub for 3rd party (Splunk) integration

We’re always looking for more feedback and suggestions on how to improve Stackdriver Logging. Please keep sending us your requests and feedback.