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dotCMS Tail Log API

Server log file monitoring and real-time viewing

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Operations 2

GET /api/v1/logs/{fileName}/_tail Get logs #

GET /api/v1/logs List available log files #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: dotCMS REST Tail Log API
  version: '3'
  description: Server log file monitoring and real-time viewing
servers:
- url: /
  description: dotCMS Server
tags:
- name: TailLog
  description: Server log file monitoring and real-time viewing
paths:
  /api/v1/logs/{fileName}/_tail:
    get:
      tags:
      - TailLog
      operationId: getLogs
      parameters:
      - name: fileName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          pattern: .+
          type: string
      - name: linesBack
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      responses:
        default:
          description: default response
          content:
            text/event-stream:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventOutput'
      summary: Get logs
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/v1/logs:
    get:
      tags:
      - TailLog
      summary: List available log files
      description: Returns log file names from the configured log folder (TAIL_LOG_LOG_FOLDER), filtered by TAIL_LOG_FILE_REGEX and sorted alphabetically. The names are used as the {fileName} path parameter for the tail and download endpoints.
      operationId: listLogFiles
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sorted list of log file names
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityListStringView'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - authentication required
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - CMS Administrator role and Maintenance portlet access required
          content:
            application/json: {}
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorEntity:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorCode:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        fieldName:
          type: string
    EventOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: object
          properties:
            typeName:
              type: string
        closed:
          type: boolean
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        currentPage:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        perPage:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        totalEntries:
          type: integer
          format: int64
    MessageEntity:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    ResponseEntityListStringView:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEntity'
        entity:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageEntity'
        i18nMessagesMap:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        permissions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'