Ensure that Cloud Logging API has sufficient permissions to write logs for your Google Cloud functions. To allow writing logs using the Cloud Logging API, the service account associated with your function must be configured with the Logs Writer role (i.e. roles/logging.logWriter).
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The Cloud Logging API must have adequate permissions to write logs for Google Cloud Functions because it is the essential service responsible for capturing and storing log information generated by the functions. Without these permissions, logs would not be recorded, making it impossible to monitor, debug, and analyze the behavior and performance of the functions effectively.
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To determine if Cloud Logging API has sufficient permissions to write logs for your functions, perform the following operations:
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To ensure Cloud Logging API has sufficient permissions to write logs for your Google Cloud functions, perform the following operations:
References
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Documentation
- Monitor your Cloud Function
- View and write Cloud Function logs
- Access control with IAM
- Method: entries.write
- GCP Command Line Interface (CLI) Documentation
- gcloud projects list
- gcloud functions list
- gcloud functions describe
- gcloud projects get-iam-policy
- gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding
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Cloud Logging Permissions for Google Cloud Functions
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