Lab 4: Install an App and View Data
As an Administrator, there are two applications that will provide you information about what is going on with in your Sumo Logic environment, the Audit app and the Data Volume app.
The Sumo Logic Audit App uses Sumo Logic audit index events to present information about account management activities, user activities, and management of Library content (searches, dashboards/reports, and folders) in your Sumo Logic account. The app uses predefined searches and Dashboards that provide visibility into your environment.
Before you can install the Sumo Logic Audit App, an administrator must enable the Sumo Auditing. For more information, see Enable and Manage the Audit Index.
The Data Volume allows you to view at a glance your account's data usage volume by category, collector, source name, and hosts. The app uses predefined searches and a Dashboard that provide visibility into your environment for real-time analysis of overall usage.
Before you can use the Data Volume app, an administrator must first enable the feature. For more information, see Enable and Manage the Data Volume Index.
Install the Audit app
Click App Catalog in the left navigation panel
Enter Audit in the search field, to show the matching apps
Click Audit to open its app page, and click Add to Library button.
The dialog box that opens includes options to choose the folder where you install the app. In most apps you are prompted to select a category for your data source, but in this case the app knows the location of the data source.
Let's keep the folder as the default (Personal). You have the ability to alter the name of App, but let's name it Audit<Your initials>. For example is you logged in and your initials are ABC, then your file name would be AuditABC.
Click Add to Library and the app will be installed to your library.
Check out the Audit app
Now that the app is created, let’s see what it contains. On the left navigation pane click Personal or click Library
To see the contents of the app, click the Audit folder.
Notice that the app includes many predefined searches and dashboards that may be used right away.
Next open a dashboard. Scroll down to the Library Content - Overview dashboard and click to open. The dashboard displays to show panels that are ingesting your data.
Congratulations! You’ve installed the Audit app to see results from your source.
Share the Audit app
Now you can share the app with others in your organization so they can see the dashboards and saved searches for the Audit app.
Click Personal, if necessary, to return to your personal folder in the library.
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Putting your cursor over the folder icon the icon changes to a checkbox. Click the checkbox icon of the app in the library once to display its details pane.
Select Share from the dotted menu.
Select Your organization, and click Save.
Now others in your organization will see the Audit app when they select the Org folder in the library.
Install the Data Volume app
Before we install the Data Volume app, we need to make sure that Data Volume setting on our Administration console is enabled.
In the Navigation panel, go to the Main menu and select Administration and select Account.
In the Data Management tab, ensure the Data Volume setting is enabled or checked as shown:
Click App Catalog in the left navigation panel
Enter Data in the search field, to show the matching apps
Click Data Volume to open its app page, and click Add to Library button.
The dialog box that opens includes options to choose the folder where you install the app. In most apps your are prompted to select a category for your data source, but in this case the app knows the location of the data source.
Let's keep the folder as the default (Personal). You have the ability to alter the name of App, but let's name it Data Volume<Your initials>. For example is you logged in and your initials are ABC, then your file name would be DataVolumeABC.
Click Add to Library and the app will be installed to your library.
Check out the Data Volume app
Now that the app is created, let’s see what it contains. On the left navigation pane click Personal or click Library
To see the contents of the app, click the Audit folder.
Notice that the app includes many predefined searches and dashboards that may be used right away.
Let’s open a dashboard. Scroll down to the Data Volume - Overview dashboard and double-click. The dashboard opens to show panels that are already created for you.
Congratulations! You’ve installed the Data Volume app to see results from your source.
Share the Data Volume app
Now you can share the app with others in your organization so they can see the dashboards and saved searches for the Data Volume app.
Click Personal, if necessary, to return to your personal folder in the library.
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Putting your cursor over the folder icon the icon changes to a checkbox. Click the checkbox icon of the app in the library once to display its details pane.
Select Share from the dotted menu.
Select Your organization, and click Save.
Now others in your organization will see the Data Volume app when they select the Org folder in the library.
We’ve been working with the Audit and Data Volume apps, but many more apps are available. See Applications and Other Data Sources.