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View and Download MongoDB Logs
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Each mongod
, mongos
, and
mongosqld
instance keeps an account of its activity in its own log file. Atlas
retains the last 30 days of log messages and system event audit messages. The Performance
Advisor retains at most 7 days of logs.
Note
M0
free clusters and M2/M5
shared clusters do not provide downloadable logs.
Required Access
To download logs, you must have Project Data Access Read Only
access
or higher to the project. Users with Organization Owner
access must
add themselves to the project as a Project Owner
.
View and Download Cloud Deployment Logs
For information on reading MongoDB logs, refer to the Log Messages documentation in the MongoDB manual.
View Local Deployment Logs with the Atlas CLI
To view the logs for a deployment using the Atlas CLI, run the following command:
atlas deployments logs [options]
To learn more about the command syntax and parameters, see the Atlas CLI documentation for atlas deployments logs.
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Database Access Logs
Note
This feature is not available for M0
free clusters, M2
, and
M5
clusters. To learn more about which features are unavailable,
see Atlas M0 (Free Cluster), M2, and M5 Limits.
You can view authentication attempts that were made against your cluster. Both successful and unsuccessful attempts are logged, including the timestamp of the attempt and which user tried to authenticate.