# RDA Log Archives
A named archive within a Log Archive Repository. Each repository will contain one more or more archives to store log data.
### Terminology
### Log Archive Storage in Object Storage
The following screen capture explains the structure of log archives storage under s3 compatible object storage.
### CLI Interface
The following sections explain various CLI commands that can be used in the context of RDA Log Archive functionality.
#### **CLI Commands**
#### **CLI Repositories**
### UI in SaaS Portal
Users can access the RDA Log Archive user interface via the SaaS portal.
Login to SaaS Portal UI --> Configuration → Data
### Bots
RDA provides various system-enabled bots in order to use RDA Log Archive functionality. The following captures a few of the bots that are part of RDA.
#### Replay Bot
#### **Save Bot**
### Event Gateway Configuration
Users can enable RDA Log Archive configuration via the RDA event gateway main configuration. Users must enable the configuration for an endpoint to take effect the log archive functionality as shown below.
Note: Refer to the [Event Gateway section](/rda/installation/event-gateway.md) for more details on Event Gateway
### RDA Log Archive - RDA Client CLI Commands
#### secret-add
CLI to add S3 Compatible secret key credentials
```
[macaw@localhost~]$ rdac secret-add --type logarchive_repo
Configure Integration: S3 Compatible Object Storage for Log Archiving
Name*: deleteme
Host or Endpoint*: 10.95.131.103:9000
Use HTTPS [True]: false
Access Key*: fa337ca7887345b6971b4c4e33f00056rdauser
Secret Key*:
Bucket*: tenants.904a6613553c4e7cab45fe971b4a66bd
Object Prefix* [/]: log_archivals/
Manage Lifecycle of Archives: 2
Delete Old Data After (days) [30]: 7
[macaw@localhost~]$
```
#### secret-list
CLI to show the list of added secrets to the environment
```
[macaw@localhost]$ rdac secret-list
name type saved_time checksum
-- ------------- --------------- -------------------------- --------------------------------
0 longivity-131 logarchive_repo 2022-02-02T11:54:37.992400 0606adcd94b9538e988276d234b03c1a
1 deleteme logarchive_repo 2022-02-02T11:32:18.473626 08231998fea34052c59319ebf636148a
```
#### logarchive-repos
CLI to show the list of logarchive-repos added to the environment.
```
[macaw@localhost]$ rdac logarchive-repos
+-------------------+--------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| Repository Name | Endpoint | Bucket Name | Object Prefix |
|-------------------+--------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------|
| longivity-131 | 10.95.131.103:9000 | tenants.904a6613553c4e7cab45fe971b4a66bd | log_archivals/ |
| deleteme | 10.95.131.103:9000 | tenants.904a6613553c4e7cab45fe971b4a66bd | log_archivals/ |
+-------------------+--------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
[localhost]$
```
#### logarchive-names
CLI to show the list of logarchive-names added to logarchive-repo's (repo name is needed to list the configured names within that repo)
```
[macaw@localhost]$ rdac logarchive-repos
+-------------------+--------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| Repository Name | Endpoint | Bucket Name | Object Prefix |
|-------------------+--------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------|
| longivity-131 | 10.95.131.103:9000 | tenants.904a6613553c4e7cab45fe971b4a66bd | log_archivals/ |
| deleteme | 10.95.131.103:9000 | tenants.904a6613553c4e7cab45fe971b4a66bd | log_archivals/ |
+-------------------+--------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
[macaw@localhost]$
```
#### logarchive-data-read
CLI to show data read operation using logarchive-data-read command
```
[macaw@localhost]$rdac logarchive-data-read --repo longivity-131 --name longivity --speed 1
```
#### Additional CLIs to perform actions on data
rdac l**ogarchive-data-read** --repo longivity-131 --name longivity --speed 2.0 --max\_rows 100
rdac **logarchive-download** --repo longivity-131 --name longivity --flatten --out /home/macaw/deleteme
rdac **logarchive-data-size** --repo longivity-131 --name longivity
```
[macaw@localhost]$rdac logarchive-data-read --repo longivity-131 --name longivity --speed 2.0 --max_rows 100
[macaw@localhost]$rdac logarchive-download --repo longivity-131 --name longivity --flatten --out /home/macaw/deleteme
[macaw@localhost]$rdac logarchive-data-size --repo longivity-131 --name longivity
```
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