Creating a Flow Log

Function

This API is used to create a flow log for an enterprise router.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/enterprise-router/{er_id}/flow-logs

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID
er_id	Yes	String	Enterprise router ID

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Client-Token	No	String	Idempotence identifier Minimum: 1 Maximum: 64

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
flow_log	Yes	FlowLogRequest object	Request body for creating a flow log

**Table 4** FlowLogRequest
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	Flow log name Minimum: 1 Maximum: 64
description	No	String	Flow log description Minimum: 0 Maximum: 255
resource_type	Yes	String	Definition: Type of resource whose flow logs are collected. Range: VPC attachment
resource_id	Yes	String	Resource ID
log_group_id	Yes	String	Log group ID. Obtain the log group ID by referring to the Log Tank Service User Guide.
log_stream_id	Yes	String	Log stream ID. Obtain the log stream ID by referring to the Log Tank Service User Guide.
log_store_type	Yes	String	Flow log storage type. LTS: Logs are stored on LTS servers.

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

**Table 5** Response header parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
X-Client-Token	String	Idempotence identifier

**Table 6** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
flow_log	FlowLog object	Flow log details
request_id	String	Request ID

**Table 7** FlowLog
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Flow log ID
name	String	Flow log name
description	String	Flow log description
project_id	String	Project ID of the flow log task creator
resource_type	String	Definition: Type of resource whose flow logs are collected. Range: attachment
resource_id	String	Resource ID
log_group_id	String	Log group ID
log_stream_id	String	Log stream ID
log_store_type	String	Definition: Flow log storage type. Range: LTS: Log Tank Service
log_aggregation_interval	Integer	Log aggregation time, in seconds. The value ranges from 60 to 600.
created_at	String	Creation time in the format of YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ
updated_at	String	Update time in the format of YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ
state	String	Definition: Logged resource status. Range: pending available modifying deleting deleted failed
enabled	Boolean	Definition: Whether the log switch is enabled. Range: true: Enabled false: Disabled

Example Requests

Creating a flow log

POST https://{erouter_endpoint}/v3/0605767a9980d5762fbcc00b3537e757/enterprise-router/a43c55e9-4911-4030-90e1-5c2bf6ae6fe2/flow-logs

{
  "flow_log" : {
    "name" : "flow-log",
    "description" : "flow log test",
    "resource_type" : "attachment",
    "resource_id" : "6f83b848-8331-4271-ac0c-ef94b7686402",
    "log_group_id" : "0139393c-eeb2-49f0-bbd4-c5faec6b1497",
    "log_stream_id" : "d22c3b44-2f71-470f-83f3-96a8af6956ad",
    "log_store_type" : "LTS"
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 202

Accepted

{
  "flow_log" : {
    "id" : "b216bc1d-5963-41a7-89f9-779a5128c5ac",
    "name" : "flow_log",
    "project_id" : "0605767a9980d5762fbcc00b3537e757",
    "resource_type" : "attachment",
    "resource_id" : "6f83b848-8331-4271-ac0c-ef94b7686402",
    "log_group_id" : "0139393c-eeb2-49f0-bbd4-c5faec6b1497",
    "log_stream_id" : "d22c3b44-2f71-470f-83f3-96a8af6956ad",
    "log_store_type" : "LTS",
    "log_aggregation_interval" : 600,
    "created_at" : "2020-03-11T15:13:31Z",
    "updated_at" : "2022-03-11T15:13:31Z",
    "state" : "available",
    "enabled" : true,
    "description" : "Flow log"
  },
  "request_id" : "915a14a6-867b-4af7-83d1-70efceb146f9"
}