# Logging questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 19, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logging-questions/50477 "2016-05-19T18:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QD\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/qd_wang/32/8409_2.png) [@QD\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/QD_Wang)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logging-questions/50477/1 "2016-05-19T18:13:58Z")
Hi There I have a question regarding how elasticsearch log works. 1. first step, i created a "test" collections with 5 shards and 1 replica , and i can see below message `[cluster.metadata] [ck-master] **[test] creating index**, cause [api], templates [], shards [5]/[1], mappings []` 2. close this collection `[cluster.metadata] [ck-master] **closing indices [[test]]**` 3. reopen this collection `[cluster.metadata] [ck-master] **opening indices [[test]]**` 4. delete this collection. here is the weird part, nothing show up in log file.. where did it go Thanks Alps ---
**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logging-questions/50477/2 "2016-05-20T02:30:43Z")
We do not currently log a message at the `INFO` level when deleting an index. If you change `cluster.metadata` to log at the `DEBUG` level then you will see a log message like: `[2016-05-19 22:29:09,915][DEBUG][cluster.metadata] [Battering Ram] [[test]] deleting index` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logging-questions/50477/3 "2017-07-05T22:50:17Z")