How to “Live Tail” Kubernetes Logs

By Andre Newman | February 1, 2019

DevOps engineers wishing to troubleshoot Kubernetes applications can turn to log messages to pinpoint the cause of errors and their impact on the rest of the cluster. When troubleshooting a running application, engineers need real-time access to logs generated across multiple components.

The challenge that engineers face is accessing comprehensive, live streams of Kubernetes log data. While some solutions exist today, these are limited in their ability to live tail logs or tail multiple logs. In this article, we’ll present an all-in-one solution for live tailing your Kubernetes logs, no matter the size or complexity of your cluster.