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Alibaba Cloud ActionTrail

The integration of Coralogix with ActionTrail on Alibaba Cloud offers a powerful solution for tracking and analyzing cloud-based actions. By integrating Coralogix with ActionTrail, users can gain valuable insights into the operational activities within their Alibaba Cloud resources. This integration provides a comprehensive view of resource usage, improving efficiency and simplifying issue troubleshooting. Additionally, it enhances security by enabling real-time monitoring and alerting for potential security threats.

Prerequisites

  • Permission to create a custom webhook URL with your Coralogix account.
  • Permission to access EventBridge and IAM on Alibaba Cloud.

Creating a custom Coralogix webhook URL

  1. Access the Coralogix UI and navigate to Data Flow > Contextual Data.
  2. Create a custom webhook URL for connecting your ActionTrail to Coralogix.

Creating a custom event bus on ActionTrail

You must create a custom event bus for forwarding your logs to Coralogix.

Locating the project and Logstore names for ActionTrail

  1. Log into Alibaba Cloud.
  2. Navigate to ActionTrail > Trails and select the trail you want to integrate with Coralogix. Then, click the Event Delivery tab.

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Creating a custom event bus

  1. Navigate to EventBridge > Event Buses.

  2. In the Custom Event Buses section, click Quickly Create.

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  3. Add the bus name and description. Then, click Next Step.

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  4. Provide a name to the event source and define the event provider as Simple Log Service. Then, click Next Step.

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  5. Choose the project name and the Logstore. They must be same as defined in the Locating the project and Logstore names for ActionTrail section. Click Authorization to create a role for the bus. Then, click Next Step.

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  6. Provide the event rule name, and keep the pattern content unchanged, {} to accept all Trail logs. Then, click Next Step.

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  7. Set the target service type to HTTPS.

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  8. In the URL field, enter the custom webhook URL, as defined in the Creating a custom Coralogix webhook URL section above. Set the body to Partial Event and enter $.data.event in the Body field.

  9. Click Create to finish.

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