Observability - Container Logging

Question 1

With what command can we see the logs of a running application?

Answer 1

‘kubectl logs -f < pod-name>’

-f streams the logs live

Question 2

What happens with the logs command if there are multiple containers within a pod?

Answer 2

• you must specify the name of the container in the command
• otherwise it would fail

kubectl logs < pod-name> < container name>