Logging

Devices can forward their logs to the SPEKTRA Edge platform and you can also pull logs on demand. This lets you observe devices and workloads without logging into each one.

Forwarding logs to the platform

You can configure a device to forward its system logs and its container (workload) logs to the platform. The logging configuration lets you control:

the minimum severity to forward, so you can keep volume manageable
which system components to include
whether container logs are exported

Forwarded logs are available on the dashboard and through the cuttle command-line tool.

Detailed dashboard walkthrough

For a step-by-step walkthrough of setting the device log forwarding level from the dashboard, see Manage device log forwarding.

Pulling logs on demand

Independently of forwarding, you can stream a device’s system or container logs on demand through remote access — useful for live troubleshooting without raising the forwarding level for the whole fleet.

Recommendations

Forward at a moderate severity by default and raise it temporarily when investigating an issue.
Use on-demand log streaming for live debugging rather than forwarding everything.
Remember that logs stored on the device live on the data area; very verbose logging consumes data-area space.