Application logging

Envoy and its filters write application logs for debuggability. Envoy can be configured to output application logs in a format that is compatible with common log viewers. This section documents how Envoy can be configured to enable integration with each log viewer.

Stackdriver Logging with GKE

Stackdriver Logging can read logs from containers running on Google Kubernetes Engine. Envoy should be configured with the following command line options:

• --log-format '%L%m%d %T.%e %t envoy/%@] [%t][%n]%v': Logs are formatted in glog format, allowing Stackdriver to parse the log severity and timestamp.

• --log-format-escaped: Each string that is logged will be printed in a single line. C-style escape sequences (such as \n) will be escaped and prevent a single string from spanning multiple lines. This ensures each log line is structured with the glog prefix.

• The --log-path flag does not need to be set, since Stackdriver can read logs from STDERR.

• The --log-level flag can be set to control the log severity logged to Stackdriver.

Reference documentation for Stackdriver on GKE.