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title: Logging
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The following log levels are used in Rancher:

| Name    | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `info`  | Logs informational messages. This is the default log level. |
| `debug` | Logs more detailed messages that can be used to debug. |
| `trace` | Logs very detailed messages on internal functions. This is very verbose and can contain sensitive information. |

### How to configure a log level

#### Kubernetes install
* Configure debug log level

```
$ KUBECONFIG=./kube_config_rancher-cluster.yml
$ kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -l app=rancher --no-headers -o custom-columns=name:.metadata.name | while read rancherpod; do kubectl -n cattle-system exec $rancherpod -c rancher -- loglevel --set debug; done
OK
OK
OK
$ kubectl -n cattle-system logs -l app=rancher -c rancher
```

* Configure info log level

```
$ KUBECONFIG=./kube_config_rancher-cluster.yml
$ kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -l app=rancher --no-headers -o custom-columns=name:.metadata.name | while read rancherpod; do kubectl -n cattle-system exec $rancherpod -c rancher -- loglevel --set info; done
OK
OK
OK
```

#### Docker Install

* Configure debug log level

```
$ docker exec -ti <container_id> loglevel --set debug
OK
$ docker logs -f <container_id>
```

* Configure info log level

```
$ docker exec -ti <container_id> loglevel --set info
OK
```
