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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging
What it is
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging is a managed service for ingesting, searching, analyzing, exporting, and acting on logs. It handles audit logs, OCI service logs, and custom application logs, including logs from OCI instances, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, on-premises environments, and other cloud providers. SQL-like search, filtering, aggregation, visualization, and structured parsing help users work across infrastructure, application, audit, and database logs. Logs can be organized into pipelines and routed through Connector Hub to Monitoring, Notifications, Streaming, third-party destinations such as Splunk, or Object Storage. Exporting to Object Storage can provide indefinite retention. The service is accessible through the OCI console, SDK, command-line interface, REST API, and Terraform. It uses the Fluentd agent for ingestion and normalizes events to CloudEvents 1.0. Access is controlled by log groups and Oracle Identity and Access Management policies; unauthorized requests are denied and audited. The Always Free tier includes the first 10 GB of log storage each month, with ingestion and search free. Pay-as-you-go storage costs $0.05 per GB stored per month; ingestion and search are free.
For and against
For
- Search includes filtering, aggregation, and visualization.
- Connector Hub routes logs to several destinations.
- Object Storage export can support indefinite retention.
- Always Free tier includes 10 GB monthly storage.
Against
- The free storage allowance is 10 GB per month.
- Pay-as-you-go storage costs $0.05 per GB monthly.
- Government regions are described as coming soon.
The verdict
OCI Logging combines log collection, search, routing, and export, with a free monthly storage allowance and paid storage beyond it. Its listed access methods include the console, APIs, CLI, SDK, and Terraform.
Who it suits
Oracle recommends Logging for OCI customers who need diagnostic or troubleshooting information, or who want to ingest application logs. It also suits teams that need to route or export logs across supported destinations.
Plans and prices
Free allowance
10 GB log storage per month
Read 22 Sep 2026 · oracle.com
Usage
Monthly storage-based pricing
Read 22 Sep 2026 · oracle.com
Free tier
First 10 GB log storage per month free · log ingest and search free
Read 7 Oct 2026 · oracle.com
Pay as you go
Storage is priced monthly · log ingest and search free
Read 7 Oct 2026 · oracle.com
On the record
- Archive export
- Yesoracle.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Deployment options
- cloudoracle.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Ingestion sources
- Custom logs can come from OCI instances, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, on-premises environments, and other cloud providers.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Connector Hub can route logs to Monitoring, Notifications, Streaming, third-party destinations including Splunk, or Object Storage.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Oracle recommends Logging for OCI customers who need diagnostic and troubleshooting information or want to ingest application logs.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Log pipelines
- Yesoracle.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Log types
- It ingests audit logs, OCI service logs, and custom application logs.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Open standards
- OCI Logging uses the Fluentd agent for ingestion and normalizes events to the CloudEvents 1.0 format.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Regional availability
- The FAQ says Logging is available in all commercial regions and that government regions are coming soon.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Retention
- Logs can be exported to Object Storage buckets for indefinite retention through Service Connector Hub.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Log retention
- 30oracle.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Search and analysis
- It provides SQL-like search, filtering, aggregation, and visualization across infrastructure, application, audit, and database logs.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- Log groups and Oracle Identity and Access Management policies control access to logs, and unauthorized requests are denied and audited.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 0.05oracle.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Structured log parsing
- Yesoracle.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Supported service logs
- The FAQ lists Network Flow Logs, Load Balancer, Object Storage, Functions, API Gateway, and Events as supported service log sources.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Ways to use
- The service is available through the OCI console, SDK, command-line interface, REST API, and Terraform.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- What it does
- OCI Logging is a fully managed, distributed log management platform to ingest, search, analyze, export, and take action on logs.oracle.com · read 7 Oct 2026
