Keep track of your traffic and identify system vulnerabilities.
Systematically identify potential security leaks and incoming and outgoing data in your networks with flow logs. Based on the continuous capture of inbound and outbound traffic, flow logs are created for any interfaces of your virtual machines (VM) and Cloud Cubes in the IONOS Cloud virtual data centre (VDC), as well as public interfaces monitoring the traffic of your Managed NAT Gateway or Network Load Balancer.
You can also use flow logs to verify that your firewall is functioning properly, proactively detect any connectivity issues, and integrate reliable logging of all connections within your network.
Flow logs enable you to expand your data basis and improve the performance and security of your networks and applications. Using comprehensive network information to understand how and in what way traffic is generated, you create a foundation for efficient debugging.
We also store the data collected by flow logs at regular intervals directly in your IONOS S3 Object Storage. This means you can manage even large volumes of data cost-effectively while benefiting from extremely high reliability.
Configure flow logs to your needs any time in the Data Center Designer or via Cloud API.
Flow logs capture relevant network information independently of your virtual instance, ensuring complete and reliable monitoring of your network.
You decide if and how you log incoming, outgoing, accepted, or rejected data traffic, simply by changing the settings via the Data Center Designer or Cloud API.
Every data packet sent from a given source to unicast, anycast, or multicast destinations captures flow logs. It doesn’t matter what type of flow it is – between two endpoints, a web server and desktop/mobile clients, or any other systems.
We provide flow logs free of charge. You only pay for the resources you need to store your data flow logs in the S3 bucket.
Individually set log access rights and schedule log file deletions within the S3 bucket with an access control list (ACL). This can help ensure your data is handled in line with your compliance policy.
Use the insights provided by flow logs to quickly troubleshoot connectivity and security issues.
Flow logs holistically capture network information such as source and destination IP addresses, source and destination ports, number of packets, amount of bytes, the start and end time of the recording, and the type of protocol – and log the extent to which your instances are being accessed.
Use flow log information to methodically identify vulnerabilities or restrictive connectivity or network security settings, improving the accessibility of any of your services running on the instances.
By continuously checking your network traffic, you can detect faulty or insufficient firewall rules early on. Flow logs give you regular, consistent overviews of all relevant data, which could be used in preparation for a security review or audit.
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Create your admin access in a few simple steps. It's protected via 2-factor authentication.
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Configure your server, data storage, and network connections. Using drag and drop in the Data Center Designer or the API makes it quick and easy.
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You can start productive operation just minutes after configuring your virtual data centre.