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title: OVHcloud Load Balancer TCP / HTTP / HTTPS Logs Forwarding
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excerpt: Find out how to forward your logs from an OVHcloud Load Balancer to Logs Data Platform
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## Objective
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If you would like to find out more about Logs Data Platform before reading this guide, please refer to the [Logs Data Platform introduction guide](/pages/manage_and_operate/observability/logs_data_platform/getting_started_introduction_to_LDP).
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> In order to use this feature, you must first make a refresh call to the Load Balancers whose logs you want to collect.
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> In order to use this feature, you must first make a refresh call via the API to the Load Balancers whose logs you want to collect.
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> This is necessary to ensure that the logging format of the OVHcloud Load Balancer is up to date.
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> You can use the API call below, where **serviceName** is the internal name of your Load Balancer, which you can find in the Load Balancer management page in the OVHcloud Control Panel or using the [dedicated API](https://eu.api.ovh.com/console/?section=%2FipLoadbalancing&branch=v1#get-/ipLoadbalancing) call.
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> [!api]
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> @api {v1} /ipLoadbalancing POST /ipLoadbalancing/{serviceName}/refresh
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## Glossary
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| service_name | The name of the Load Balancer that received the request/connection | String |
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| date_time | The timestamp at which the request/connection was made | datetime (with millisecond resolution) e.g. 25/Mar/2024:14:07:19.536 |
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| zone | The OVHcloud region to which the load balancer belongs | String |
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| zone | The OVHcloud region to which the Load Balancer belongs | String |
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| client_ip | IP address of the client that initiated the TCP connection to the Load Balancer | IP |
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| client_port_int | TCP port of the client that initiated the TCP connection to the Load Balancer | Integer |
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| frontend_name | Name of the frontend of your Load Balancer | String |
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| frontend_ip | IP address of the frontend of your Load Balancer | IP |
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| frontend_port_int | TCP port of the frontent of your Load Balancer | Integer |
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| backend_name | Name of the backend server connected to your Load Balancer | String |
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| backend_source_ip | IP address of the backend server connected to your Load Balancer | IP |
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| backend_source_port_int | TCP port of the backend server connected to your Load Balancer | Integer |
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| frontend_port_int | TCP port of the frontend of your Load Balancer | Integer |
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| backend_name | Name of the NAT source used by the Load Balancer to connect to your backend servers | String |
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| backend_source_ip | Source IP address used by the Load Balancer to connect to your backend servers | IP |
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| backend_source_port_int | Source port used by the Load Balancer to connect to your backend servers | Integer |
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| server_ip | IP address of the backend server connected to your Load Balancer | IP |
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| server_port_int | TCP port of the backend server connected to your Load Balancer | Integer |
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| termination_state | The session termination indicator: 2 letters for TCP, 4 letters for HTTP, all the details on [HAProxy documentation page](https://docs.haproxy.org/2.6/configuration.html#8.5){.external}| String (e.g. "----") |
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| bytes_uploaded_int | | |
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| time_duration_int | The time in milliseconds the TCP session has been opened when this request is made | Integer |
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| bytes_read_int | Size (in bytes) of the response sent by the Load Balancer to the client | Integer |
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| bytes_uploaded_int | Size (in bytes) of the request sent by the client to the Load Balancer | Integer |
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| time_duration_int | The duration (in milliseconds) of the TCP session at the time the request was made | Integer |
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### Additional content for `HTTP` listeners
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