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How to view incoming or outgoing traffic logs for a VM

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Updated at December 17, 2025
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How to view incoming or outgoing traffic logs for a VM instance

Issue descriptionIssue description

You need to determine the amount of traffic and its sources or destinations.

SolutionSolution

The customer is responsible for writing flow logs and using IDS/IPS's in a VPC. We recommend popular IDS's, such as Suricata or Snort.

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