# GCP Logs Collection using Pub/Sub

Kloudfuse integrates with the GCP cloud service to collect logs through the Pub/Sub console.

Complete these tasks to successfully collect logs:

- [Create a GCP Subscription](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/cloud-service-gcp-logs/#subscription)
- [Configure Kloudfuse to Consume Logs from the GCP Subscription](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/cloud-service-gcp-logs/#consume)

## Create a GCP Subscription

01. Use an existing project, or create a new project in [Cloud Pub-Sub console](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudpubsub)

Create New Project

02. In the [Cloud Pub-Sub console](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudpubsub/topicList), create a new topic.

Create Topic

Specify Topic

03. In the **Pub/Sub Topics** overview page, select **Subscriptions** in the left-hand navigation.

04. Click **Create Subscription**.

Create Subscription

05. Create a subscription with ID `kloudfuse-gcp-subscription` and select the topic you previously created, `MyLogsCollector`.

Click **Create**.

Specify Subscription

06. Confirm that the new subscription exists.

New Subscription created successfully

07. In the [Logs Explorer page](https://console.cloud.google.com/logs/viewer) of the console, under **More actions**, choose **Create sink** from the drop-down.

Create Sink

08. In **Sink details**, specify the **Name** and optional **Description** of the sink.

Click **Next**.

Sink details

09. In **Sink destination**, in **Select sink service**, choose **_Cloud Pub/Sub_**. In **Select a Cloud Pub/Sub Topic**, select the topic that you created in a previous step.

Click **Next**.

Sink destination

10. In the **Choose logs to include in sink**, create optional inclusion filters for the logs.

Click **Preview logs** to see the available logs.

Click **Next**.

Preview Logs

11. In the **Choose logs to filter out of sink**, create optional exclusion filters for the logs.

Click **Next**.

12. Click **Create sink**.

Create sink

13. The confirmation message appears.

Confirmation

## Configure Kloudfuse to Consume Logs from the GCP Subscription

Add the following configuration to the `custom-values.yaml` file when installing Kloudfuse using helm, and add the GCP pub/sub access key in the `pubsubkey` field

```yaml
logs-parser:
  gcpConfig:
    enabled: true
    subscriptionId: "kloudfuse-gcp-subscription" (1)
    pubsubKey: "" (2)
```

yamlCopied!

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| **1** | Add the subscription information. |
| **2** | Supply the access key. |