How do I view logs on the server?

Firstly, before you can view any logs, you will need to be able to SSH in to your server. To do this, you will need to have a Code Enigma account and have provided us with your SSH public key. If you tick those boxes, you will be able to connect to the server in Mac OS X or Linux by running this command from the terminal:ssh username@myserver-app1.codeenigma.com


For a more detailed explanation to connect to your server on Mas OS X and Linux, click here. For a detailed explanation to connect to your server on Windows, click here.

Once you've connected to the server, you can view the system log by running this:sudo tail /var/log/syslog


This will output the last 20 lines of the syslog. If you require more log entries, you can use the -nswitch, like so:sudo tail -n 100 /var/log/syslog


The command above will display the last 100 lines of the syslog.

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