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Overview

Aptible can deliver your logs via HTTPS. The logs are delivered via HTTPS POST, using a JSON Content-Type.

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Payload

The payload is structured as follows. New keys may be added over time, and logs from Ephemeral SSH Sessions include additional keys. 
{
  "@timestamp": "2017-01-11T11:11:11.111111111Z",
  "log": "some log line from your app",
  "stream": "stdout",
  "time": "2017-01-11T11:11:11.111111111Z",
  "@version": "1",
  "type": "json",
  "file": "/tmp/dockerlogs/containerId/containerId-json.log",
  "host": "containerId",
  "offset": "123",
  "layer": "app",
  "service": "app-web",
  "app": "app",
  "app_id": "456",
  "source": "app",
  "container": "containerId"
}

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Specific Metadata

Both Ephemeral SSH Sessions and Endpoint Logs contain additional metadata; see the appropriate documentation for further details.

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Get Started

Setting up a HTTP Log Drain on Aptible

Step-by-step instructions on setting up logging to an HTTP Log Drain on Aptible