# APM-Server logs are not wrriten in respective directory
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140
**Category:** APM
**Tags:** server
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140 "2025-06-12T13:46:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Ekta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/1 "2025-06-12T13:46:34Z")
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**Kibana version** : 8.18.1
**Elasticsearch version** : 8.18.1
**APM Server version** : 8.18.1
**APM Agent language and version** :
**Browser version** : crome Version 136.0.7103.93
**Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version**: deb
**Fresh install or upgraded from other version?** upgraded from 7.17.27
**Is there anything special in your setup?** For example, are you using the Logstash or Kafka outputs? Are you using a load balancer in front of the APM Servers? Have you changed index pattern, generated custom templates, changed agent configuration etc.
No
**Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screenshots (if relevant)**:
I have configuredthe below options for logs store
logging.to\_files: true
logging.files:
path: /var/log/apm-server
name: apm-server
keepfiles: 15
permissions: 0600
interval: 24h
But log are store in only syslog
**Steps to reproduce** :
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**Errors in browser console (if relevant)**: No
**Provide logs and/or server output (if relevant)**: No
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### Author:  [@ericyap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ericyap)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/2 "2025-06-18T03:56:26Z")
Hi @Ekta may I know how you are deploying your APM server?
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### Author:  [@Ekta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/3 "2025-06-19T12:12:38Z")
@ericyap we have upgraded apm-server from 7.17.27 to 8.18.1 using .deb file dpkg -i command in Ubuntu 22.04 distribution. In 7.17.27 logs are working fine in custom location /var/log/apm-server but after upgrade log are go in syslog only. can you please help over here how to resolve this issue.
Below is the configuration regarding logs, which I have done in my yml file currently
logging.to\_syslog: false
logging.to\_files: true
logging.files:
path: /var/log/apm-server
name: apm-server
keepfiles: 7
permissions: 0644
interval: 24h
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### Author:  [@ericyap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ericyap)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/4 "2025-06-20T05:04:17Z")
@Ekta The only thing I can think of regarding this regression might be [[logging] - Fix a regression related to `--environment` and logging config by VihasMakwana · Pull Request #321 · elastic/elastic-agent-libs · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/pull/321). This fix should be included in the v8.18.3 release coming out on 24 June.
Otherwise I couldn't find anything else wrong with the logging in v8.18.1.
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### Author:  [@Ekta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/5 "2025-06-23T06:04:12Z")
@ericyap ok thanks for the update we will check in 8.11.3 version
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### Author:  [@Ekta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/6 "2025-07-03T11:40:22Z")
@ericyap we have upgraded version to 8.11.3 but still log are store in syslog only
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### Author:  [@Ekta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/7 "2025-07-11T09:38:50Z")
Any update on it?
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### Author:  [@ericyap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ericyap)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/8 "2025-07-14T15:56:57Z")
Hi Ekta, do you mean you upgraded to 8.18.3?
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### Author:  [@Ekta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ekta)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-logs-are-not-wrriten-in-respective-directory/379140/9 "2025-09-03T11:44:39Z")
> [@Ekta](#):
>
> Below is the configuration regarding logs, which I have done in my yml file currently
> logging.to\_syslog: false
> logging.to\_files: true
> logging.files:
> path: /var/log/apm-server
> name: apm-server
> keepfiles: 7
> permissions: 0644
> interval: 24h
@ericyap we have installed 8.18.6 with above config but still log are not coming in /var/log/apm-server/ directory. can you please let us know in which version this issue resolve?