New feature:

• Oracle Cloud Storage support. We have enabled Oracle Cloud Storage as a destination to send log data in the DataStream application and the DataStream 2 API. See the DataStream 2 User Guide and the DataStream 2 API for details on how to configure Oracle Cloud as a connector for your stream.

New features:

• Sumo Logic support. DataStream 2 now allows you to choose Sumo Logic as a destination to send your Akamai logs for detailed analysis. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for details on how to configure Sumo Logic as connectors for your stream.

Enhancement:

• Improved application layout. We have changed the stream view configuration, stream history and activation screens to improve the DataStream 2 application user experience. Changes include listing the stream’s data fields and version status.

New features:

• Custom HTTPS endpoint support. DataStream 2 now allows you to choose a custom HTTPS endpoint as a destination to send your Akamai logs and receive data. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for details on how to configure custom HTTPS endpoints as connectors for your stream.

• Geo data fields. DataStream 2 now features new data fields that provide geographical information about the requests. You can now collect and stream data on the city and country ISO code where the requests originate from in the log files.

Enhancement:

• Easier property selection. When configuring your stream in the DataStream 2 application, you can see property names next to product names and hostnames in separate columns. This helps you comfortably select properties that belong to the same product.

DataStream 2 Stream Status Update

We are improving your DataStream experience by introducing consistent and clear stream status names in the application and DataStream 2 API. New status names include:

• Activating. When a stream is activating, your stream version is being pushed to the production network and should go live in about 90 minutes after saving the configuration. Previously Publishing.

• Deactivating. Your stream is being pulled from the production network and it will stop streaming log data shortly. Previously Disabling.

• Active. Your stream version is active on the production network. Active streams are represented as a green bubble on the streams list, and you can deactivate an active stream anytime from the menu.

• Deactivated. Your stream version is saved, but not active on the production network. Deactivated streams are represented as a gray bubble on the streams list, and you can activate a deactivated stream anytime from the menu.

Changes in the application interface include:

• When creating new or editing inactive streams, you can check the Activate stream upon saving box to push the version to the production network after saving the configuration.

• The Publish button has been replaced with the Save stream button that allows you to save the stream version to activate later if you don’t check the the Activate stream upon saving box.

See Version management in the DataStream 2 User Guide for details.

New features:

• Google Cloud Storage support. DataStream 2 now allows you to choose Google Cloud Storage as a destination to send your Akamai logs and receive data. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for details on how to configure Google Cloud Storage for your stream.

• JSON log format support. To ensure the smooth migration of customers from DataStream 1 to DataStream 2, the application now supports JSON log format in addition to the CSV format. DataStream 2 users have the ability to choose and configure JSON as the log format, and visualize the sample JSON logs in the application. The JSON log format works for all supported DataStream 2 destinations.

• Increased number of properties per stream. We are increasing the number of properties that you can associate with one stream from 3 to 100 properties. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for steps and details.

Other updates:

• Structured format logs. The existing CSV log format has been renamed Structured with no changes to this functionality except for the display name in the application.

DataStream 2 Limited Availability release

We are pleased to announce the Limited Availability (LA) release of DataStream 2. During the beta testing period, we increased the reliability and capacity of DataStream 2, improved the UI experience, and introduced new features in response to customer feedback that will allow better control over raw access log streaming.

DataStream 2 uses Akamai’s globally distributed network of servers to capture performance logs at the edge. This allows you to monitor the CDN performance and health to gather valuable insights that let you boost digital experience for your users. Please contact your Akamai representative about migration possibilities.

Other updates:

• The Splunk connector supports raw event endpoints. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for details.

New features:

• Datadog support. DataStream 2 now allows you to choose Datadog as a destination to send and aggregate your Akamai logs. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for details on how to configure Datadog for your stream.

• Splunk support. DataStream 2 now allows you to choose Splunk as a destination to send your Akamai logs for monitoring and analyzing data. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for details on how to configure Splunk for your stream.

Release Notes: DataStream 2

New features:

• Upload failure alerts. DataStream 2 now allows you to configure alerts and get notifications when log files fail to upload to your destinations. This feature is available to you via the Akamai Alerts application. See Setting up alerts for details.
• Dynamic time prefixing. Now you can sort log files streamed to your selected destinations by date and time. Configure folder paths and filename prefixes with dynamic time variables and combine them with static values. See Dynamic time variables for details.
• New data fields. DataStream 2 supports logging new data set fields, including SSL version, SSL overhead time, Object size, Uncompressed size, Max age, Overhead bytes, and DNS lookup time. See the Data set parameters list.

Enhancement: 

DataStream 2 UI now features an improved confirmation screen, helping you configure the DataStream behavior in the Property Manager application before starting to stream logs.

DataStream is more flexible and stable now!

• You can leverage a new DataStream Configuration API that lets you create and manage stream configurations.
• The DataStream Pull API is no longer enabled by default. You can configure the Pull API for a stream by adding a DataStream buffer as a destination. It lets you store log data for up to 12 hours and fetch it with the Pull API. 
• Bug fixes.  

DataStream is now easy to find in Control Center!

• DataStream is directly available under the Common Services section in Control Center.
• DataStream has a new, more intuitive UI for better customer experience. DataStream’s features haven’t changed. These UI changes will make the configuration flow easy and support more modular options in the future.