:original_name: mrs_01_0393.html .. _mrs_01_0393: Viewing Flume Client Logs ========================= Scenario -------- You can view logs to locate faults. Prerequisites ------------- The Flume client has been installed. Procedure --------- #. Go to the Flume client log directory (**/var/log/Bigdata** by default). #. Run the following command to view the log file: **ls -lR flume-client-\*** A log file is shown as follows: .. code-block:: flume-client-1/flume: total 7672 -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Sep 8 19:43 Flume-audit.log -rw-------. 1 root root 1562037 Sep 11 06:05 FlumeClient.2017-09-11_04-05-09.[1].log.zip -rw-------. 1 root root 6127274 Sep 11 14:47 FlumeClient.log -rw-------. 1 root root 2935 Sep 8 22:20 flume-root-20170908202009-pid72456-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 2935 Sep 8 22:27 flume-root-20170908202634-pid78789-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 4382 Sep 8 22:47 flume-root-20170908203137-pid84925-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 4390 Sep 8 23:46 flume-root-20170908204918-pid103920-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 3196 Sep 9 10:12 flume-root-20170908215351-pid44372-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 2935 Sep 9 10:13 flume-root-20170909101233-pid55119-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 6441 Sep 9 11:10 flume-root-20170909101631-pid59301-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Sep 9 11:10 flume-root-20170909111009-pid119477-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 92896 Sep 11 13:24 flume-root-20170909111126-pid120689-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 5588 Sep 11 14:46 flume-root-20170911132445-pid42259-gc.log.0.current -rw-------. 1 root root 2576 Sep 11 13:24 prestartDetail.log -rw-------. 1 root root 3303 Sep 11 13:24 startDetail.log -rw-------. 1 root root 1253 Sep 11 13:24 stopDetail.log flume-client-1/monitor: total 8 -rw-------. 1 root root 141 Sep 8 19:43 flumeMonitorChecker.log -rw-------. 1 root root 2946 Sep 11 13:24 flumeMonitor.log In the log file, **FlumeClient.log** is the run log of the Flume client.