Log Files

Log files for API Umbrella are stored in /var/log/api-umbrella/. Inside that directory you’ll find subdirectories for each process API Umbrella runs. Some of the more relevant log files are highlighted below:

  • /var/log/api-umbrella/nginx/access.log: nginx access for all requests log
  • /var/log/api-umbrella/nginx/current: nginx error log
  • /var/log/api-umbrella/web-puma/current: Log file for the Rails web app (providing the admin and APIs)
  • /var/log/api-umbrella/trafficserver/access.blog: Binary log file for the Traffic Server cache server (use /opt/api-umbrella/embedded/bin/traffic_logcat to view)