Skip to main content
šŸ” Do not send Personal Identifiable Information (PII) to AppSignal. Filter PII (e.g., names, emails) from logs and use an ID, hash, or pseudonymized identifier instead.

For HIPAA-covered entities, more information about signing a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) can be found in our Business Add-Ons documentation.
Screenshot of expanded log Once AppSignal Logging is successfully configured, youā€™ll be able to see logs for all of your sources from within the AppSignal application. You can filter and query logs and expand specific logs for their trace data. When viewing your logs you can:

ā€‹
Filter and Query Logs

Use the ā€œSourceā€ drop down to filter which sources you see the logs for. Use the ā€œSeverityā€ drop down to filter the severity of logs Filtering and querying are further explained in the Query Syntax section of this guide.

ā€‹
Copy Log Meta Data As JSON

Expand a log by pressing the ā€+ā€ button, click ā€œCopy as JSONā€. Meta data will automatically be copied to your clipboard as a valid JSON object.

ā€‹
Share Log

Click ā€œCopy link to log lineā€ and a link to this log line will automatically be copied to your clipboard.
Only users within your AppSignal Organization will be able to access the logs via this link

ā€‹
What Happened Here

Want to see a snapshot of your applicationā€™s metric at the exact time the log line was written? Click ā€œWhat Happened Hereā€

ā€‹
Time Detective

Use the ā€œTime Detectiveā€ button to investigate application wide data at the time a log line was written. Time Detective shows the minute or the hour that contains the moment you selected, depending on how long ago that moment was:
  • Within the last 48 hours: a 1-minute window, from the start of the selected minute.
  • Older than 48 hours: a 1-hour window, from the start of the selected hour.
Use the arrow buttons to move the window back or forward by 1 minute or 1 hour.

ā€‹
Live Trail

Clicking ā€œGo to liveā€ will take you to a live trail of your logs.

ā€‹
Managing Sources

To modify a source go to AppSignal > Logging > Sources and click ā€œManage sourceā€ Screenshot of Source Management When managing a source, you can:

ā€‹
Edit Source

To edit the source click ā€œEdit sourceā€ in the top right corner of the screen. You can edit the following source attributes:
  • Name
  • Platform (currently limited to syslog)
  • Format
Changing the log format only applies to new log lines. The attributes and message of existing log lines will not change.

ā€‹
Remove Source

Deletion is permanent and will revoke the API key used for that source. Before removing a log source, we recommend ensuring that the source is no longer sending logs to AppSignal so that your application is not making unnecessary calls to third parties. Before removing the log source in AppSignal, remove the rsyslog configuration file for this log source (located in etc/rsyslog.d) and restart rsyslog with the below command.
Bash
Screenshot of confirm deletion alert To remove a source click ā€œRemove sourceā€ from the Source Management page. When prompted to confirm removal read the dialogue box carefully and click ā€œYes, delete thisā€. The source will be deleted.