website/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_logs.md

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## kubectl logs

Print the logs for a container in a pod.

### Synopsis


Print the logs for a container in a pod. If the pod has only one container, the container name is optional.

```
kubectl logs [-f] [-p] POD [-c CONTAINER]
```

### Examples

```
# Return snapshot logs from pod nginx with only one container
kubectl logs nginx

# Return snapshot of previous terminated ruby container logs from pod web-1
kubectl logs -p -c ruby web-1

# Begin streaming the logs of the ruby container in pod web-1
kubectl logs -f -c ruby web-1

# Display only the most recent 20 lines of output in pod nginx
kubectl logs --tail=20 nginx

# Show all logs from pod nginx written in the last hour
kubectl logs --since=1h nginx
```

### Options

```
  -c, --container="": Print the logs of this container
  -f, --follow[=false]: Specify if the logs should be streamed.
      --limit-bytes=0: Maximum bytes of logs to return. Defaults to no limit.
  -p, --previous[=false]: If true, print the logs for the previous instance of the container in a pod if it exists.
      --since=0: Only return logs newer than a relative duration like 5s, 2m, or 3h. Defaults to all logs. Only one of since-time / since may be used.
      --since-time="": Only return logs after a specific date (RFC3339). Defaults to all logs. Only one of since-time / since may be used.
      --tail=-1: Lines of recent log file to display. Defaults to -1, showing all log lines.
      --timestamps[=false]: Include timestamps on each line in the log output
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
      --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
      --client-certificate="": Path to a client certificate file for TLS.
      --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
      --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
      --context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify[=false]: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
      --kubeconfig="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
      --log-backtrace-at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
      --log-dir="": If non-empty, write log files in this directory
      --log-flush-frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
      --logtostderr[=true]: log to standard error instead of files
      --match-server-version[=false]: Require server version to match client version
      --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
      --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
  -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
      --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
      --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
      --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
      --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
      --v=0: log level for V logs
      --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```

### SEE ALSO

* [kubectl](/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl/)	 - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager

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