# How to set loglevel to debug in Elasticsearch 5.1?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-loglevel-to-debug-in-elasticsearch-5-1/72653>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-loglevel-to-debug-in-elasticsearch-5-1/72653 "2017-01-24T15:20:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![robertchen117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@robertchen117](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robertchen117)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-loglevel-to-debug-in-elasticsearch-5-1/72653/1 "2017-01-24T15:20:40Z")

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how to set loglevel to debug in Elasticsearch 5.1 cluster? It is very strange I googled and could not find anything for this simple question.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-loglevel-to-debug-in-elasticsearch-5-1/72653/2 "2017-01-24T15:36:00Z")

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This?

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/misc-cluster.html#cluster-logger](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/misc-cluster.html#cluster-logger)

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**Author:** ![robertchen117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@robertchen117](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robertchen117)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-loglevel-to-debug-in-elasticsearch-5-1/72653/3 "2017-01-24T15:59:19Z")

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no, this is indice.recovery?  
"logger.org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery": "DEBUG"

I mean cluster level loglevel, any settings in elasticsearch.yml?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-loglevel-to-debug-in-elasticsearch-5-1/72653/4 "2017-01-24T16:31:55Z")

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Sorry. I don't understand. Why what I linked to does not work for you?

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**Author:** ![xeraa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xeraa/32/48181_2.png) [@xeraa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xeraa)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-loglevel-to-debug-in-elasticsearch-5-1/72653/5 "2017-01-25T16:22:18Z")

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\_root is to change the level globally:

```
PUT /_cluster/settings
{
    "transient" : {
        "logger._root" : "DEBUG"
    }
}
```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-loglevel-to-debug-in-elasticsearch-5-1/72653/6 "2017-02-22T16:22:23Z")

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