# ownCloud Administrators Manual

# Configure Logging

To get an idea of how the current status of an ownCloud system is or to solve issues log information is a good point to start with. ownCloud allows to configure the way how and which depth of information should be logged.

## Parameters

First you need to decide in which way logging should be done. You can choose between the two options owncloud and syslog. Then you need to configure the log level which directly influences how much information will be logged. You can choose between:

- 0: DEBUG
- 1: INFO
- 2: WARN
- 3: ERROR

The most detailed information will be written if 0 (DEBUG) is set, the least information will be written if 3 (ERROR) is set. Keep in mind that it might slow down the whole system if a too detailed logging will has been configured. By default the log level is set to 2 (WARN).

This parameters can be set in the `config/config.php`

### ownCloud

All log information will be written to a separate log file which can be viewed using the log menu in the admin menu of ownCloud. By default a log file named owncloud.log will be created in the directory which has been configured by the datadirectory parameter.

The desired date format can optionally be defined using the logdateformat. By default the PHP date function parameter “c” is used and therefore the date/time is written in the format “2013-01-10T15:20:25+02:00”. By using the date format in the example the date/time format will be written in the format “January 10, 2013 15:20:25”.

    <?php

      "log_type" => "owncloud",
      "logfile" => "owncloud.log",
      "loglevel" => "3",
      "logdateformat" => "F d, Y H:i:s",

### syslog

All log information will be send to the default syslog daemon of a system.

    <?php

      "log_type" => "syslog",
      "logfile" => "",
      "loglevel" => "3",