Application logs are in Cloud Logging. You need the count of all requests to endpoints matching /api/alpha/*. What should you do?

The correct option is to add a Cloud Logging counter metric for endpoint:/api/alpha/. Cloud Logging metrics are designed for aggregating and counting log entries that match specific criteria, making them ideal for this use case. The endpoint field is a common log entry field for HTTP request paths, and the wildcard allows matching all paths under /api/alpha/. Exporting logs to Cloud Storage or Cloud Pub/Sub and then processing them manually would be less efficient and more complex than using a built-in Cloud Logging metric, which provides real-time aggregation and can be easily visualized in Cloud Monitoring.