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authorrebortg <github@ghlr.de>2019-04-09 16:08:15 +0200
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add show syslog and show syslog from image
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@@ -112,3 +112,66 @@ logged in, no messages are being displayed.
.. code-block:: sh
set system syslog user <LOCAL_USERNAME> facility <FACILITY> level <LEVEL>
+
+Show logs
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+Display log files on the console
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ show log
+ Possible completions:
+ <Enter> Execute the current command
+ all Show contents of all master log files
+ authorization Show listing of authorization attempts
+ cluster Show log for Cluster
+ conntrack-sync
+ Show log for Conntrack-sync
+ dhcp Show log for Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP)
+ directory Show listing of user-defined log files
+ dns Show log for Domain Name Service (DNS)
+ file Show contents of user-defined log file
+ firewall Show log for Firewall
+ https Show log for Https
+ image Show logs from an image
+ lldp Show log for Lldp
+ nat Show log for Network Address Translation (NAT)
+ openvpn Show log for Openvpn
+ snmp Show log for Simple Network Monitoring Protocol (SNMP)
+ tail Monitor last lines of messages file
+ vpn Show log for Virtual Private Network (VPN)
+ vrrp Show log for Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
+ webproxy Show log for Webproxy
+
+Show contents of a log file in an image
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Log messages from a specified image can be displayed on the console:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ show log image <image name>
+ $ show log image <image name> [all | authorization | directory | file <file name> | tail <lines>]
+
+Details of allowed parameters:
+
+.. list-table::
+ :widths: 25 75
+ :header-rows: 0
+
+ * - all
+ - Display contents of all master log files of the specified image
+ * - authorization
+ - Display all authorization attempts of the specified image
+ * - directory
+ - Display list of all user-defined log files of the specified image
+ * - file <file name>
+ - Display contents of a specified user-defined log file of the specified image
+ * - tail
+ - Display last lines of the system log of the specified image
+ * - <lines>
+ - Number of lines to be displayed, default 10
+
+
+When no options/parameters are used, the contents of the main syslog file are displayed.