Logs

Admins can use PeerTube logs to understand what happens on their instances. There are two types of logs.

Standard logs

Logs HTTP requests, and some information depending on the log level defined in the configuration (production.yaml under log -> level key).

Can be read:

• Using the web interface in the Left Menu -> Administration section -> Settings -> System -> Logs
• Or using the CLI script that parses your logs: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/tools#parse-logs

Audit logs

Logs resources creation/update/deletion with the user who did the action.

Resources can be:

• Videos
• Video imports
• Comments
• Video channels
• Video abuses
• Custom config

Example:

audit[13/12/2019 à 15:31:31]By chocobozzz ->videos -> update

{
  "user": "chocobozzz",
  "domain": "videos",
  "action": "update",
  "video-tags": [],
  "video-uuid": "1974ddde-3d83-4cfa-af68-5ab77f588c9d",
  "video-id": 89655,
  "video-createdAt": "2019-12-13T14:31:26.525Z",
  "video-updatedAt": "2019-12-13T14:31:27.175Z",
  "video-publishedAt": "2019-12-13T14:31:27.175Z",
  "video-description": null,
  "video-duration": 2,
  "video-isLocal": true,
  "video-name": "60fps_small",
  "video-thumbnailPath": "/static/thumbnails/1974ddde-3d83-4cfa-af68-5ab77f588c9d.jpg",
  "video-previewPath": "/static/previews/1974ddde-3d83-4cfa-af68-5ab77f588c9d.jpg",
  "video-nsfw": false,
  "video-waitTranscoding": true,
  "video-account-id": 37855,
  "video-account-name": "chocobozzz",
  "video-channel-id": 5187,
  "video-channel-name": "chocobozzz_channel",
  "video-support": null,
  "video-commentsEnabled": true,
  "video-downloadEnabled": true,
  "new-video-updatedAt": "2019-12-13T14:31:31.538Z",
  "new-video-name": "test video"
}

Can be read in your logs directory or in the web interface in the Left Menu -> Administration section -> Settings -> System -> Logs.