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InfluxDB writes log output, by default, to
stderr
.
Depending on your use case, this log information can be written to another location.
Running InfluxDB directly
If you run InfluxDB directly, using
influxd
, all logs will be written to
stderr
.
You may redirect this log output as you would any output to
stderr
like so:
influxd 2>$HOME/my_log_fileLaunched as a service
sysvinit
If InfluxDB was installed using a pre-built package, and then launched
as a service,
stderr
is redirected to
/var/log/influxdb/influxd.log
, and all log data will be written to
that file. You can override this location by setting the variable
STDERR
in the file
/etc/default/influxdb
.
Note: On macOS the logs, by default, are stored in the file
/usr/local/var/log/influxdb.log
For example, if
/etc/default/influxdb
contains:
STDERR=/dev/null
all log data will be discarded. You can similarly direct output to
stdout
by setting
STDOUT
in the same file. Output to
stdout
is
sent to
/dev/null
by default when InfluxDB is launched as a service.
InfluxDB must be restarted to pick up any changes to
/etc/default/influxdb
.
systemd
Starting with version 1.0, InfluxDB on systemd systems will no longer
write files to
/var/log/influxdb
by default, and will now use the
system configured default for logging (usually journald). On most