Flex

With Sumo Logic Flex, you gain an efficient and centralized log analytics framework capable of managing enterprise-wide cloud-scale log ingestion without cost concerns. It aligns cost to business value and overcomes today’s ever-growing data challenge by only charging customers for data storage and analytics executed. This revolutionary new consumption model provides customers with a scalable and efficient log analytics architecture that grows to manage enterprise-wide and cloud-scale log ingestion without the risk of runaway costs.

Log types

• Log and Tracing Data Volume Index
• Metrics Data Volume Index
• Log Search Audit Index

Log samples

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[
    {
    "field":"sourcename_and_tier_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":11555,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"collector_and_tier_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":366,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"source_metrics_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":4463,
    "count":47
    },
    {
    "field":"source_and_tier_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":731,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"sourcehost_metrics_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":4973,
    "count":47
    },
    {
    "field":"sourcecategory_metrics_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":5362,
    "count":47
    },
    {
    "field":"PDET/CIS/AWS/Vanta/Flow",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":70759,
    "count":126
    },
    {
    "field":"collector_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":262,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"sourcename_metrics_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":5481,
    "count":47
    },
    {
    "field":"collector_metrics_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":5159,
    "count":47
    },
    {
    "field":"view_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":364,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":333,
    "count":19
    },
    {
    "field":"PDET/CIS/AWS/GuardDuty",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":30471,
    "count":15},
    {
    "field":"sourcehost_and_tier_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":1158,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"view_and_tier_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":546,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"PDET/CIS/AWS/CloudTrail/Analytics",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":62273,
    "count":70
    },
    {
    "field":"sourcecategory_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":6485,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"sourcehost_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":794,
    "count":1
    },
    {
    "field":"sedemostag/events",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":22790,
    "count":19
    },
    {
    "field":"source_volume",
    "dataTier":"Flex",
    "sizeInBytes":497,
    "count":1
    }
]

Sample queries

Ingest Volume - GB/Day

_index=sumologic_volume 
| parse regex "(?<data>\{[^\{]+\})" multi
| json field=data "field","dataTier","sizeInBytes","count" as sourcecategory, dataTier, bytes, count
| where _sourceCategory matches "sourcecategory_and_tier_volume" and dataTier matches "Flex"
| bytes/1024/1024/1024 as gbytes 
| sum(gbytes) as gbytes
| ((queryEndTime() - queryStartTime())/(1000*60*60*24)) as duration_in_day
| gbytes / duration_in_day as %"GB/Day"
| fields %"GB/Day"

For more examples, refer to Log and Tracing Data Volume Index and Metrics Data Volume Index.

Collecting logs for Flex app

Prerequisites

availability

Sumo Logic Flex app is only available for Enterprise Suite - Flex customers.

Account Type	Account Level
Flex Credits	Enterprise Suite - Flex

To collect data for Flex app, you need to enable Data Volume Index and Search Audit Index.

You can verify if you already have the Data Volume Index enabled by querying:

_index=sumologic_volume

If no results are returned even for longer time ranges, it means you do not have the Data Volume Index enabled.

You can verify if you already have the Search Audit Index enabled by querying:

_index=sumologic_search_usage_per_query

If no results are returned even for longer time ranges, it means you do not have Search Audit index enabled.

Installing the Flex app

To install the app:

1. From the Sumo Logic navigation, select App Catalog.
2. In the Search Apps field, search for and then select your app.
3. Optionally, you can scroll down to preview the dashboards included with the app. Then, click Install App (sometimes this button says Add Integration).
4. On the next configuration page, under Select Folder for your App, complete the following fields:
   • Folder Name. You can retain the existing name or enter a custom name of your choice for the app.
   • All Folders (optional). Default location is the Personal folder in your Library. If desired, you can choose a different location and/or click New Folder to add it to a new folder.
5. Click Next.
6. Look for the dialog confirming that your app was installed successfully.
   

Once an app is installed, it will appear in your Personal folder or the folder that you specified. From here, you can share it with other users in your organization. Dashboard panels will automatically start to fill with data matching the time range query received since you created the panel. Results won't be available immediately, but within about 20 minutes, you'll see completed graphs and maps.

Viewing Flex app dashboards

All dashboards have a set of filters that you can apply to the entire dashboard. Use these filters to drill down and examine the data to a granular level.

• You can change the time range for a dashboard or panel by selecting a predefined interval from a drop-down list, choosing a recently used time range, or specifying custom dates and times. Learn more.
• You can use template variables to drill down and examine the data on a granular level. For more information, see Filter with template variables.
• Most Next-Gen apps allow you to provide the scope at the installation time and are comprised of a key (_sourceCategory by default) and a default value for this key. Based on your input, the app dashboards will be parameterized with a dashboard variable, allowing you to change the dataset queried by all panels. This eliminates the need to create multiple copies of the same dashboard with different queries.

Overview

The Flex - Overview dashboard displays the amount of data that you are ingesting and scanning in logs. It also helps you understand how much data you are ingesting in Metrics and Tracing.

Capacity Utilization

The Flex - Capacity Utilization dashboard displays the subscribed, actual, and percentage capacity utilization for logs and metrics.

Credits Consumed

The Flex - Credits Consumed dashboard provides visibility into the total amount of Sumo Logic Credits consumed by your organization. This allows you to monitor and control search costs.

Feature Level Scan Volume

The Flex - Feature Level Scan Volume dashboard provides visibility into the scan volume at a feature level in order to monitor and control cost at a feature level.

Log Spikes

The Flex - Log Spikes dashboard helps to review details of your data ingested for logs.

Logs

The Flex - Logs dashboard helps you see your log ingest volume between default and non-default indexes along with the predicted growth. This dashboard also provides details about the data volume scan and predicted growth for scan volume.

Metrics

The Flex - Metrics dashboard helps you review metrics details of your data ingestion and identify areas of high-volume ingest.

Tracing

The Flex - Tracing dashboard helps to review Tracing details of your data ingest and to identify areas of high-volume ingest.