Quick Start

Note

It is recommended that you follow the streamlined onboarding process presented in the OCI console to complete the minimal prerequisites to start using Log Analytics.

Refer to the quick start tutorial if you want a quick experience of setting up and using Log Analytics. See Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Log Analytics Quick Start Guide (Tutorial icon Tutorial ).

To get started with the service, at the minimum, create an IAM policy with the policy statements in Prerequisite IAM Policies.

Alternatively, to customize the policies, perform the prerequisite configuration tasks as detailed in this book. See Configure Your Service.

For policies to perform specific tasks and a complete reference of the policy requirements in Log Analytics, see IAM Policies Catalog for Log Analytics.

Some of the sub-tasks for configuring are:

If you want to familiarize yourself with Log Analytics, then use Sample Log Data to perform some of the analysis operations. See Use Sample Log Data to Become Hands-on with Log Analytics.