How do I view logs?

[sergio101]

I am having an issue with connecting to Digital Ocean's Spaces object store.

To help troubleshoot, I tried uploading a new profile image, thinking I might find a new error message.

I looked in /mastodon/live/log but there are no logs there.

Anyone know where I might find the logs?

Thanks!

[sergio101]

I found the answer to this using ChatGPT:

Monitoring Tools: You can also use monitoring tools like journalctl to view system logs and monitor service activity. For example, you can use the following command to view logs related to the Mastodon service:

journalctl -u mastodon-web.service

Replace mastodon-web.service with the name of the specific Mastodon service you want to monitor (e.g., mastodon-sidekiq.service, mastodon-streaming.service, etc.).

Also, add the -f option to follow this log:

journalctl -u mastodon-web.service -f