Logs subscribe

Use the ably logs subscribe command to subscribe to live app logs.

Synopsis

ably logs subscribe [options]

Options

--type

Filter logs by type. Options are channel.lifecycle, channel.occupancy, channel.presence, connection.lifecycle, and push.publish.

--duration | -D

The duration in seconds to subscribe for before automatically unsubscribing.

--rewind

The number of messages to rewind when subscribing. Defaults to 0.

--client-id

A client ID to use when subscribing.

--json

Output results as compact JSON. Mutually exclusive with --pretty-json.

--pretty-json

Output results in formatted JSON. Mutually exclusive with --json.

--verbose | -v

Enable verbose logging. Can be combined with --json or --pretty-json.

Examples

Subscribe to all app logs:

ably logs subscribe

Filter by log type:

ably logs subscribe --type channel.lifecycle

Subscribe with rewind to receive recent logs:

ably logs subscribe --rewind 10

Subscribe to application logs for a specific duration:

ably logs subscribe --duration 30

Subscribe to application logs in JSON format:

ably logs subscribe --json

Subscribe to application logs in formatted JSON:

ably logs subscribe --pretty-json

See also

• Logs — Explore all ably logs commands.
• CLI reference — Full list of available commands.