# Logging Service

The IONOS Cloud Logging Service provides a centralized and scalable solution for logging, monitoring, and analyzing application and infrastructure logs. It offers a wide range of features to help you collect and analyze logs from different log sources, monitor performance effectively, and gain insights into your system's behavior.

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**Note:** The Logging Service uses [<mark style="color:blue;">Loki v3.6</mark>](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/release-notes/v3-6/) for ingesting and querying log data.
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**Bulk Data Export:** You can now export data in bulk by submitting a request to [<mark style="color:blue;">IONOS Cloud Support</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/contact-information). For more information, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Bulk Data Export</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/data-export/bulk-data-export).
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## Product Overview

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Logging Service</strong></mark></td><td>An overview of the product and its components.</td><td><a href="logging-service/overview">overview</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Quick Links

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>DCD How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to use the DCD to create and manage logging pipelines.</td><td><a href="logging-service/dcd-how-tos">dcd-how-tos</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>API How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to use the API to create and manage logging pipelines.</td><td><a href="logging-service/api-how-tos">api-how-tos</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Billing</strong></mark></td><td>Understand how pipelines and storage are charged, and how to monitor your usage.</td><td><a href="logging-service/billing">billing</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Quick Start

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Send Logs to the Platform</strong></mark></td><td>Steps to send logs to the logging platform.</td><td><a href="logging-service/quick-start/send-logs-to-platform">send-logs-to-platform</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Access Logs from the Platform</strong></mark></td><td>Steps to access logs from the logging platform.</td><td><a href="logging-service/quick-start/access-logs-from-platform">access-logs-from-platform</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

To get answers to the most commonly encountered questions about the Logging Service platform, see [<mark style="color:blue;">**Logging Service FAQs**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/observability/logging-service/logging-service-faqs).