Checking and setting log levels

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Use the log action in the cfctl utility to check or set the logging level for a running application in your IBM® Cyber Fraud deployment.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have the cfctl utility installed. For more information, see Installing the cfctl utility.

Command syntax

cfctl -- log get
cfctl -- log get <service>
cfctl -- log set <service> <level>
cfctl -- log --log <logger-name> set <service> <level>
-l, --log <logger-name>
Specifies a logger name to target when you set a log level.
<service>
Specifies the service name. The default log level for all services is INFO. Available services:
  • arithmetic-function-mcp-server
  • config
  • data-analysis-mcp-server
  • date-time-conversion-mcp-server
  • encrypt-decrypt-mcp-server
  • geo-spatial-mcp-server
  • identitymgmt
  • investigation
  • mcpmgmtservice
<level>

Specifies the log level. Valid values include:

  • TRACE
  • DEBUG
  • INFO
  • WARNING
  • ERROR
  • CRITICAL

Examples

List log levels for all applications:

cfctl -- log get

Get the log level for a specific application:

cfctl -- log get <app>

Set the log level for a specific application:

cfctl -- log set <app> <level>

Set the investigation application log level to DEBUG:

cfctl -- log set investigation DEBUG

Set the log level for a specific logger within an application:

cfctl -- log --log app.db set investigation TRACE

Reset a service to the default level:

cfctl -- log set <service> INFO

Restarting the pods

After changing the log level for a service, you must manually restart the pods for the log level change to take effect.

To restart the pods, delete the pod and it will be automatically recreated.

oc delete pod -lname=<servicename>

For example, to restart the investigation service pod:

oc delete pod -lname=investigation

More information

To display extra command information, run the following command:

cfctl show log