mc admin logs

Description

Use the mc admin logs command to show MinIO server logs.

The uploading feature remains disabled by default until explicitly enabled for a deployment on an opt-in only basis. If enabled, you can disable the feature at any time with mc support callhome disable.

Examples

Show Logs for a Deployment

The following command displays the most recent ten server logs of any type for the alias minio1.

mc admin logs minio1

Show Last 5 Log Entries for a Node

The following command shows the most recent five log entries for a node1 on the deployment with alias minio1.

mc admin logs --last 5 myminio node1

Show Application Type Log Entires for a Deployment

The following command shows log entries of the type application for all nodes on the deployment with alias minio1.

mc admin logs --type application minio1

Syntax

The command has the following syntax:

mc admin logs [GLOBAL FLAGS]     \
              [--last, -l value] \
              [--type, -t value] \
              ALIAS              \
              [NODE]

Parameters

ALIAS

mc-cmd

Required

The alias of the MinIO deployment.

--last, -l

mc-cmd

Optional

Show only the most recent specified number of log entries.

If this flag is not included, up to the last 10 log entries show.

--type, --type

mc-cmd

Optional

List log entries of a specified type. Valid types are minio, application, or all.

If not specified, all log entry types show.

NODE

mc-cmd

Optional

In distributed deployments, specify which node’s logs to show by entering the node’s name.

Global Flags

This command supports any of the global flags.

Last modified August 2, 2026: init commit (8338d5b)

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