# Ensure Database Logs Are Forwarded to Logs Data Platform

- Source: https://support.icompaas.com/support/solutions/articles/a_1791826033612610-ensure-database-logs-are-forwarded-to-logs-data-platform
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- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com)

**Description**

Ensure each Public Cloud Database service is configured to forward its logs to a Logs Data Platform data stream, so logs are kept beyond the short built-in retention and can be searched.

**Rationale**

Public Cloud Databases keep only a small number of recent log lines (for example 1000 lines). Errors, failed logins, and suspicious queries are quickly lost. Forwarding logs to Logs Data Platform keeps a searchable history for troubleshooting, alerts, and investigations.

**Impact**

-   Database logs are kept and searchable
    
-   Supports alerts and investigations
    
-   Logs Data Platform storage is billed
    

**Default Value**

By default, database logs are not forwarded, and only 1000 recent log lines are kept.

**Pre-Requisites**

-   Permission to manage the database service
    
-   A Logs Data Platform account with an active data stream
    

**Test Plan**

1.  Log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel at [https://www.ovh.com/manager/](https://www.ovh.com/manager/).
    
2.  In the left-hand menu, select Public Cloud and choose your project.
    
3.  In the left-hand menu, select Databases (under Databases & Analytics), then click the database service to open it.
    
4.  Open the Logs tab and check the subscription panel for an active subscription to a data stream.
    
5.  If not, follow the implementation steps.
    

**Implementation Steps**

1.  Log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel at [https://www.ovh.com/manager/](https://www.ovh.com/manager/).
    
2.  In Identity, Security & Operations, select Logs Data Platform, open your LDP account, go to the Data stream tab, and click Copy stream ID on the target stream.
    
3.  In the left-hand menu, select Public Cloud and choose your project.
    
4.  In the left-hand menu, select Databases (under Databases & Analytics), then click the database service to open it.
    
5.  Open the Logs tab, click Subscribe, and select your Logs Data Platform account and data stream.
    
6.  Alternatively, run POST /cloud/project/{serviceName}/database/{engine}/{clusterId}/log/subscription with the streamId and kind.
    
7.  Confirm that logs appear in the data stream.
    

**Backout Plan**

1.  Log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel at [https://www.ovh.com/manager/](https://www.ovh.com/manager/).
    
2.  In the left-hand menu, select Public Cloud and choose your project.
    
3.  In the left-hand menu, select Databases (under Databases & Analytics), then click the database service to open it.
    
4.  Open the Logs tab and click Unsubscribe on the data stream.
    

**Reference**

-   [https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/public-cloud/databases/logs-to-customers](https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/public-cloud/databases/logs-to-customers)
    
-   [https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/manage-and-operate/observability/logs-data-platform/service-logs](https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/manage-and-operate/observability/logs-data-platform/service-logs)

## Related compliance guidance

- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Configuration checks like this one are the technical half of a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 programme — the guide shows where they fit, what else an auditor expects, and how to evidence them.
- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): ISO 27001 Annex A.8 (technological controls) is where cloud hardening evidence lands; the guide shows how to run the ISMS around it.