Log Analysis Insight Packs

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IBM Operations Analytics – Log Analysis uses Insight Packs and extensions to provide default dashboards, content ingestion and quick searches for handling specific log content. Some Insight Packs are provided with the product, some by direct download and others through the purchase of the required install license.

To list the available Insight Packs installed in your environment. You can use the following command:

  <HOME>/IBM/LogAnalysis/utilities/pkg_mgmt.sh -list

An example output is:

Buildfile: /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/utilities/pkg_mgmt.xml

initializeCustomTasks:

main:
[packagemanager] 07/08/19 15:23:36:120 MYT [main] INFO  - PrerequisitesManager : CTGLC0044I : Running prerequisite checks...
[packagemanager] 07/08/19 15:23:36:129 MYT [main] INFO  - PrerequisitesManager : CTGLC0045I : Prerequisite checks passed
[packagemanager] 07/08/19 15:23:36:129 MYT [main] INFO  - ContentPackManager : CTGLC0030I : Listing installed insight packs started...
[packagemanager] 07/08/19 15:23:36:207 MYT [main] INFO  - ContentPackManager :
[packagemanager] GAInsightPack_v1.1.1.3                 - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] DB2AppInsightPack_v1.1.0.3             - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] DB2InsightPack_v1.1.0.2                - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] WASInsightPack_v1.1.0.3                - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] AlertsInsightPack_v1.0.0.0             - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] WindowsOSEventsInsightPack_v1.1.0.6    - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] SyslogInsightPack_v1.2.0.0             - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] JavacoreInsightPack_v1.1.0.3           - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] WASAppInsightPack_v1.1.0.3             - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] WebAccessLogInsightPack_v1.1.0.2       - /home/laadmin/IBM/LogAnalysis/unity_content
[packagemanager] 07/08/19 15:23:36:210 MYT [main] INFO  - ContentPackManager : CTGLC0031I : Listing completed successfully

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 3 seconds

You will notice that that the above are the Insight Packs that are shipped with the product. You can find the list of available Insight Packs from:

https://developer.ibm.com/itom/docs/log-analysis/insight-packs/available-packs/

If you do not find the Insight Pack that you required from above link, you can proceed to create your own custom Insight Packs. Please find the procedure below to create custom Insight Packs for Log Analysis 1.3.5:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSPFMY_1.3.5/com.ibm.scala.doc/extend/iwa_extend_ovw.html

Here is also a step by step guide on creating custom Insight Packs for Log Analysis 1.3.5:

https://developer.ibm.com/recipes/tutorials/custom-ibm-log-analysis-insight-pack-using-java/