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stage: Monitor
group: Monitor
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
---
# Kubernetes Logs **(FREE)**
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/4752) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 11.0.
> - [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/26383) to [GitLab Free](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.9.
GitLab makes it easy to view the logs of running pods or managed applications in
[connected Kubernetes clusters](index.md). By displaying the logs directly in GitLab
in the **Log Explorer**, developers can avoid managing console tools or jumping
to a different interface. The **Log Explorer** interface provides a set of filters
above the log file data, depending on your configuration:
- **Namespace** - Select the environment to display. Users with Maintainer or
greater [permissions](../../permissions.md) can also select Managed Apps.
- **Search** - Only available if the Elastic Stack managed application is installed.
- **Select time range** - Select the range of time to display. Only available if the
Elastic Stack managed application is installed.
- **Scroll to bottom** **{scroll_down}** - Scroll to the end of the displayed logs.
- **Refresh** **{retry}** - Reload the displayed logs.
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To learn more about the Log Explorer, see [APM - Log Explorer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWclZHA7Dgw).
[Learn more about Kubernetes + GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/kubernetes/).
Everything you need to build, test, deploy, and run your application at scale.
## Requirements
[Deploying to a Kubernetes environment](../deploy_boards.md#enabling-deploy-boards)
is required to use Logs.
## Accessing the log explorer
To access the **Log explorer**, click the **More actions** **{ellipsis_v}** menu on
a [metrics dashboard](../../../operations/metrics/index.md) and select **View logs**, or:
1. Sign in as a user with the _View pod logs_
[permissions](../../permissions.md#project-members-permissions) in the project.
1. *To navigate to the **Log Explorer** from the sidebar menu,* go to
**{cloud-gear}** **Operations > Pod logs**.
([Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/22011) in GitLab 12.5.)
1. *To navigate to the **Log Explorer** from a specific pod on a [Deploy Board](../deploy_boards.md):*
1. Go to **{cloud-gear}** **Operations > Environments** and find the environment
which contains the desired pod, like `production`.
1. On the **Environments** page, you should see the status of the environment's
pods with [Deploy Boards](../deploy_boards.md).
1. When mousing over the list of pods, GitLab displays a tooltip with the exact pod name
and status.
1. Click on the desired pod to display the **Log Explorer**.
### Logs view
The **Log Explorer** lets you filter the logs by:
- Pods.
- [From GitLab 12.4](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/5769), environments.
- [From GitLab 12.7](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/21656),
[full text search](#full-text-search).
- [From GitLab 12.8](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/197879), dates.
- [From GitLab 13.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/208790), managed apps.
Loading more than 500 log lines is possible from
[GitLab 12.9](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/198050) onward.
Support for pods with multiple containers is coming
[in a future release](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/13404).
Support for historical data is coming
[in a future release](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/196191).
### Filter by date
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/197879) in GitLab 12.8.
When you enable [Elastic Stack](../../clusters/applications.md#elastic-stack)
on your cluster, you can filter logs displayed in the **Log Explorer** by date.
Click **Show last** in the **Log Explorer** to see the available options.
### Full text search
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/21656) in GitLab 12.7.
When you enable [Elastic Stack](../../clusters/applications.md#elastic-stack) on your cluster,
you can search the content of your logs through a search bar. The search is passed
to Elasticsearch using the
[simple_query_string](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-simple-query-string-query.html)
Elasticsearch function, which supports the following operators:
| Operator | Description |
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| `\|` | An `OR` operation. |
| `-` | Negates a single token. |
| `+` | An `AND` operation. |
| `"` | Wraps a number of tokens to signify a phrase for searching. |
| `*` (at the end of a term) | A prefix query. |
| `(` and `)` | Precedence. |
| `~N` (after a word) | Edit distance (fuzziness). |
| `~N` (after a phrase) | Slop amount. |
|
