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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions calico-enterprise/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ Replace the following:
- `<namespace>`: The namespace your workload is in.
- `<waypoint-name>`: What you want your waypoint proxy gateway to be called.

## Verify the collector is running

```bash
kubectl get pods -n <namespace> -l gateway.networking.k8s.io/gateway-name=<waypoint-name> \
-o jsonpath='{range.items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.status.phase}{"\t"}{.spec.containers[*].name}{"\n"}{end}'
```

You should see both the `istio-proxy` and `l7-collector` containers listed.

## Remove the Waypoint collector

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Expand All @@ -70,6 +79,12 @@ along with the other types of L7 logs.
They will be labeled with the `collector_type`: `envoy-access-log` and the
`collector_name`: `waypoint`.

:::note

L7 logs take several minutes to appear in the web console after the Waypoint collector is enabled.

:::

## Additional information

- [L7 log data types](datatypes.mdx)
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Expand Up @@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ Replace the following:
- `<namespace>`: The namespace your workload is in.
- `<waypoint-name>`: What you want your waypoint proxy gateway to be called.

## Verify the collector is running

```bash
kubectl get pods -n <namespace> -l gateway.networking.k8s.io/gateway-name=<waypoint-name> \
-o jsonpath='{range.items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.status.phase}{"\t"}{.spec.containers[*].name}{"\n"}{end}'
```

You should see both the `istio-proxy` and `l7-collector` containers listed.

## Remove the Waypoint collector

```bash
Expand All @@ -70,6 +79,12 @@ along with the other types of L7 logs.
They will be labeled with the `collector_type`: `envoy-access-log` and the
`collector_name`: `waypoint`.

:::note

L7 logs take several minutes to appear in the web console after the Waypoint collector is enabled.

:::

## Additional information

- [L7 log data types](datatypes.mdx)