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.

DataStream offers real-time visibility into CDN behavior to support your DevOps practices. Providing seamless access to data and aggregated statistics through PUSH and PULL APIs, DataStream provides users with Data Retention and Governance allowing users to control and retain the data. Real-time insight provided through pre-aggregated metrics from DataStream, instantaneously helps define the customer experience on your application.

For HTTP 2.0 messages, the ProtoVer data element in the Messsage Data Set inaccurately reports the protocol version. A fix for this issue will be released in mid-February.