> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability.md). # Observability - [Activity Logs](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/activity-logs.md) - [Overview](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/activity-logs/overview.md) - [API How-Tos](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/activity-logs/how-tos.md) - [Retrieve API Information](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/activity-logs/how-tos/retrieve-api-information.md) - [List Accessible Contracts](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/activity-logs/how-tos/list-accessible-contracts.md) - [Download Activity Log Entries](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/activity-logs/how-tos/download-activity-log-entries.md) - [Logging Service](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service.md) - [Overview](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/overview.md) - [Features and Benefits](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/overview/features-benefits.md) - [Use Cases](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/overview/use-cases.md) - [Log Collection](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/overview/log-collection.md) - [Log Sources](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/overview/log-sources.md) - [Log Pipelines](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/overview/log-pipelines.md) - [Log Security](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/overview/log-security.md) - [Log Usage Reporter](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/overview/logging-usage-reporter.md) - [DCD How-Tos](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/dcd-how-tos.md) - [Set User Privileges for Logging Service](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/dcd-how-tos/set-privileges-logging-service.md) - [Create a Logging Pipeline](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/dcd-how-tos/create-logging-service-pipeline.md) - [View Logging Pipelines](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/dcd-how-tos/view-logging-pipelines.md) - [Update a Logging Pipeline](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/dcd-how-tos/update-logging-pipeline.md) - [Delete a Logging Pipeline](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/dcd-how-tos/delete-logging-pipeline.md) - [Central Logging](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/dcd-how-tos/central-logging.md) - [API How-Tos](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos.md) - [Set Up a Logging Pipeline Instance](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/set-up-logging-pipeline-instance.md) - [Obtain a new Key](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/obtain-key.md) - [Modify a Logging Pipeline Instance](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/modify-logging-pipeline-instance.md) - [Modify Log Retention Policy](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/modify-log-retention-policy.md) - [Retrieve Logging Pipeline Information](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/retrieve-logging-pipeline-information.md) - [Delete a Logging Pipeline Instance](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/delete-logging-pipeline-instance.md) - [Integration with IONOS Telemetry API](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/telemetry-api.md) - [Activate Central Logging for a Contract](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/api-how-tos/activate-central-logging.md) - [Quick Start](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/quick-start.md) - [Send Logs to the Platform](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/quick-start/send-logs-to-platform.md) - [Access Logs from the Platform](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/quick-start/access-logs-from-platform.md) - [FAQ](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/logging-service-faqs.md) - [Billing](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/logging-service/billing.md): Billing reference for the IONOS CLOUD Logging Service. What a pipeline costs, how log data stored in IONOS CLOUD Object Storage accumulates, what counts toward billing, and how to estimate your costs. - [Monitoring Service](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service.md) - [Overview](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/overview.md) - [Features and Benefits](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/overview/features-benefits.md) - [Metric Formats](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/overview/metric-formats.md) - [Metric Pipelines](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/overview/metric-pipelines.md) - [Metric Sources](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/overview/metric-sources.md) - [Metric Types](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/overview/metric-types.md) - [Metric Usage Reporter](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/overview/metrics-usage-reporter.md) - [Quick Start](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/quick-start.md) - [Access Metrics from the Platform](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/quick-start/access-metrics-from-platform.md) - [Send Metrics to the Platform](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/quick-start/send-metrics-to-platform.md) - [Use Cases](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/use-cases.md) - [DCD How-Tos](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/dcd-how-tos.md) - [Set User Privileges for Monitoring Service](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/dcd-how-tos/set-privileges-monitoring-service.md) - [Create a Monitoring Pipeline](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/dcd-how-tos/create-monitoring-pipeline.md) - [View Monitoring Pipelines](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/dcd-how-tos/view-monitoring-pipelines.md) - [Update a Monitoring Pipeline](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/dcd-how-tos/update-monitoring-pipeline.md) - [Delete a Monitoring Pipeline](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/dcd-how-tos/delete-monitoring-pipeline.md) - [Manage Central Monitoring](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/dcd-how-tos/central-monitoring.md) - [API How-Tos](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos.md) - [Create a Monitoring Pipeline Instance](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos/create-monitoring-pipeline.md) - [Obtain a new Key](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos/obtain-key.md) - [Modify a Monitoring Pipeline Instance](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos/modify-monitoring-pipeline.md) - [Retrieve Monitoring Pipeline Information](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos/retrieve-monitoring-pipeline.md) - [Retrieve All Monitoring Pipelines](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos/retrieve-all-monitoring-pipelines.md) - [Delete a Monitoring Pipeline Instance](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/api-how-tos/delete-monitoring-pipeline.md) - [FAQ](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/monitoring-service-faqs.md) - [Billing](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/billing.md): Billing reference for the IONOS CLOUD Monitoring Service. What a sample is, how ingested samples and metric storage are counted, what counts toward billing, and how to estimate your costs. - [Monitoring as a Service (Legacy)](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-as-a-service.md) - [Overview](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-as-a-service/overview.md) - [DCD How-Tos](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-as-a-service/dcd-how-tos.md) - [Access MaaS](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-as-a-service/dcd-how-tos/accessing-maas.md) - [Set User Privileges](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-as-a-service/dcd-how-tos/user-permissions.md) - [Create Alarms and Actions](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-as-a-service/dcd-how-tos/create-alarms-actions.md) - [API How-Tos](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-as-a-service/api-how-tos.md) - [Grafana Integration](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/observability/monitoring-as-a-service/api-how-tos/grafana-integration.md) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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