In a complex cloud architecture, log troubleshooting usually starts with a resource map: which services are connected, where traffic flows, and which components have logs enabled. Tencent Cloud CLS and Cloud Advisor bring multi-product log management into the Cloud Advisor architecture view.
The integration combines three capabilities:
- unified cloud-product log access management;
- real-time cloud-product log search and analysis;
- out-of-the-box operational dashboards for cloud products.
The key idea is that logs are no longer managed only from a separate log console. Operators can inspect log status, search logs, and open dashboards from the same architecture view they use to understand cloud-resource relationships.
The Cloud Advisor architecture interface keeps the resource topology visible while log status and summary metrics appear on the side. This creates a global operations view: resource topology on the left, log visibility and operational indicators on the right.
Capability 1: unified log access management
Cloud Advisor can show whether cloud-product instances have log delivery enabled, and it can support batch enabling or disabling logs.
The operation path in the article is:
- enter the Cloud Advisor architecture view;
- click the log-service plugin;
- choose the cloud product;
- open
Access Management; - review the current log-delivery status of product instances.
The resource topology stays on the left, while a table-style management panel appears on the right. Operators can understand both context and configuration status at once.
Capability 2: query product logs from the architecture view
The integration also supports direct log search. Operators can query cloud-product logs by key fields and time range, then use the results to locate failures, trace access behavior, or monitor runtime status.
Open the log-search module from the log-service plugin, choose the cloud product, enter a query in the search box, and execute analysis. The chart and log list remain tied to the selected resource context, which reduces the need to switch between architecture diagrams and log consoles.
Capability 3: open out-of-the-box dashboards
Cloud Advisor can expose dedicated dashboards for cloud products. These dashboards can show performance monitoring, usage trends, anomaly detection, and other analysis results without extra manual configuration.
The dashboard view places summary cards and circular charts alongside the architecture view. After choosing Log Service -> Cloud Product -> Dashboard, operators can inspect product-specific log analysis without building the dashboard from scratch.
Supported products and log types
Nine cloud products are currently available through Cloud Advisor log access and management:
| Product | Log type |
|---|---|
| Content Delivery Network CDN | Domain access logs |
| Cloud Load Balancer CLB | Load-balancer access logs |
| Object Storage COS | Bucket access logs |
| Tencent Kubernetes Engine TKE | Container business logs, cluster audit logs, and cluster event logs |
| Elastic MapReduce | Component runtime logs |
| TencentDB | Slow logs and error logs |
| Video on Demand VOD | Access logs |
| Cloud File Storage CFS | Audit logs |
| Web Application Firewall WAF | Access logs and attack logs |
CLS also supports one-click collection and fast analysis for more than 60 cloud-product logs.
Troubleshooting workflow
A practical troubleshooting workflow looks like this:
- Open Cloud Advisor to inspect the cloud architecture.
- Use the CLS log-service plugin to check which resources have log delivery enabled.
- Batch enable logs for missing resources when needed.
- Search logs directly from the architecture view using product fields and time filters.
- Open the prebuilt product dashboard to review performance, usage, and anomaly patterns.
- Use the resource topology to connect log findings back to upstream and downstream dependencies.
Why this improves cloud operations
The integration is valuable because it joins three layers that are often separated:
- the architecture view, which explains relationships;
- the log status view, which explains whether evidence is being collected;
- the log analysis view, which explains what happened.
For platform teams, that means faster global inspection, fewer console switches, and a clearer path from resource topology to evidence-level troubleshooting. The integration creates one-stop cloud-product log control and analysis, with future expansion planned for more product integrations and prebuilt log-alert capabilities.
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