# Kibana Log file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-file/138760>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 5, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-file/138760 "2018-07-05T15:16:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigdamhero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigdamhero/32/34478_2.png) [@bigdamhero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bigdamhero)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-file/138760/1 "2018-07-05T15:16:14Z")

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Very basic question here. I am working on a DEB install of Kibana and I cannot seem to find where the applications log files are kept. I assumed they would be in /var/log/kibana but that does not seem to exist. Any help? Thank you

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**Author:** ![Bill\_McConaghy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Bill\_McConaghy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bill_McConaghy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-file/138760/2 "2018-07-05T15:21:58Z")

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Reading this: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/deb.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/deb.html)  
I think that there should be a logs directory under /usr/share/kibana (default Kibana home).

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**Author:** ![bigdamhero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigdamhero/32/34478_2.png) [@bigdamhero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bigdamhero)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-file/138760/3 "2018-07-05T15:34:16Z")

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Thank you for the quick reply. I had looked in there and there does not seem to me to be a clear log location.

 ![logs](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/f/7fa41761fd5482879b29cfc52aff8b614adba5a6.PNG)

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**Author:** ![Bill\_McConaghy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Bill\_McConaghy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bill_McConaghy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-file/138760/4 "2018-07-05T17:29:38Z")

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OK, so Kibana logs to stdout by default, which depending on how you run it, may actually go to a file or just to stdout, which for a headless process, is effectively nowhere. In kibana.yml, you can configure `logging.dest` and point to wherever in the filesystem you want your logs to go.

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**Author:** ![bigdamhero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigdamhero/32/34478_2.png) [@bigdamhero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bigdamhero)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-file/138760/5 "2018-07-05T18:27:43Z")

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I found some info from sudo tail -n 100 /var/log/syslog and now am looking to figure out why kibana can no longer start.  
Thank you for your time!

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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:** [August 2, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-log-file/138760/6 "2018-08-02T18:27:44Z")

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