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P4 Search Documentation | 2025.3

# View live logs

You must be an administrator to use logger in P4 Search.

To use logger from the web UI:

1. Click the Account icon in the top navigation bar.

2. Select Logger and the Logger page is displayed.

## Live log tab

In the Live Log tab, you can view the realtime logging data for a specific log file and perform the following actions:

- When Auto Scroll switch is selected, you can automatically view the end of the log file or select it again to stop the log file from automatically scrolling. The name of the log file is displayed in the left-top corner of the live logging window. The logging window only shows the most recent 300 lines of live logging data.

- When Clear is selected, P4 Search clears the realtime log data.

- When Reload is selected, P4 Search reloads the realtime logging data.

## Configure tab

In the Configure tab, you can configure the log4j file for your P4 Server.

To change the default live logging file, change the filename in the RollingFile code block and click Apply.

## Manage tab

In the Manage tab, you can view the log file size and you can delete or download a log file.

- Select to download a log file.

- Select to delete a log file.

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