Better Stack Digital Ocean Managed Database Clusters

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Collect logs from your managed Digital Ocean database clusters.

1. Create a new source in Better Stack

Create a new Digital Ocean source in Better Stack Logs.

Copy the Source token and Ingesting host from the source data ingestion details.

2. Open database settings in Digital Ocean

Go to your Digital Ocean → Databases.

Select your database and click the Settings tab.

3. Add a new Rsyslog forwarding

Click Log forwarding → Edit.

Select + Rsyslog.

4. Configure the Rsyslog forwarding

Destination name:  Better Stack (or any name of your choice)
Endpoint:          $INGESTING_HOST_VEC
Port:              6514
Message format:    Custom
Log line template: <%pri%>1 %timestamp:::date-rfc3339% %HOSTNAME% %app-name% %procid% %msgid% [logtail@11993 source_token="$SOURCE_TOKEN"] %msg%

5. Click Save Destination, and you're done. 🎉

You should see your logs in Better Stack → Live tail.