logs.md

Logs

Logs for PipelineRuns and TaskRuns are associated with the underlying pod.

In #107 we will add a solution to persist logs outside of your kubernetes cluster.

To access these logs currently you have a few options:

• You can get the logs from the pod e.g. using kubectl:

  # Get the name of the pod from the instance of the TaskRun
  kubectl get taskruns -o yaml | grep podName
  
  # Or get the pod name from the PipelineRun
  kubectl get pipelineruns -o yaml | grep podName
  
  # Use kubectl to access the logs for all containers in the pod
  kubectl logs $POD_NAME --all-containers
  
  # Or get the logs from a specific container in the pod
  kubectl logs $POD_NAME -c $CONTAINER_NAME
  kubectl logs $POD_NAME -c step-run-kubectl

• You can use the tkn cli tool to access logs

• You can use the dashboard web interface to access logs

• You can setup an external service to consume and display logs, for example Elasticsearch, Beats and Kibana