# Write to configured kibana log from plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-to-configured-kibana-log-from-plugin/212115>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-to-configured-kibana-log-from-plugin/212115 "2019-12-17T08:26:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elaak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elaak/32/55014_2.png) [@Elaak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elaak)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-to-configured-kibana-log-from-plugin/212115/1 "2019-12-17T08:26:13Z")

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I have a plugin that sends requests to ES. When the request is finished I want to write to the configured Kibana log whether it was successful or not, along with some additional information. I have tried using `console.log` but it only shows up in my browsers `DevTools`.

My question is just simply: how do I write to the configured kibana log (conf: `logging.dest`) from inside my plugin?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-to-configured-kibana-log-from-plugin/212115/2 "2019-12-20T12:48:01Z")

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I think you need to use the Logger service for this. You can see an example here where Reporting shows a warning in the Kibana logs.

> <https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/08471cc88a35e7fccffe93ce4372ca18d4f2507d/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_config.ts>

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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:** [January 17, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-to-configured-kibana-log-from-plugin/212115/3 "2020-01-17T12:48:03Z")

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