Log retention in Stackdriver GCP

Question

How can I get log retention enabled in GCP Stack-driver. I haven't found any document for configuring log retention. I can see export option in logging section and log ingestion.

Answer 1

Log Retention is now POSSIBLE.

Use this documentation for custom retention periods. This can be between 1 day and 3650 days.

gcloud beta logging buckets update _Default --location=global --retention-days=[RETENTION_DAYS]

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Explanation:

For each Google Cloud project, Logging automatically creates two logs buckets: _Required and _Default. All logs generated in the project are stored in the _Required and _Default logs buckets, which live in the project that the logs are generated in:

_Required: This bucket holds Admin Activity audit logs, System Event audit logs, and Access Transparency logs, and retains them for 400 days. You aren't charged for the logs stored in _Required, and the retention period of the logs stored here cannot be modified. You cannot delete this bucket.

_Default: This bucket holds all other ingested logs in a Google Cloud project except for the logs held in the _Required bucket. Standard Cloud Logging pricing applies to these logs. Log entries held in the _Default bucket are retained for 30 days, unless you apply custom retention rules.

With custom buckets and the _Default bucket, you can configure custom retention periods for different logs.