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title: Set up and use Streaming Logs
slug: edgemanager/lem-how-to-guides/lem-user-guide/set-up-and-use-streaming-logs
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createdAt: 2026-06-11T16:15:43.136Z
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Streaming Logs provides a central view of logs forwarded from Litmus Edge devices in a project. To use the log feature, you enable the **Edge logs streaming management** experimental feature in the Admin Console, start log forwarding on your devices, and then view and filter the logs from the Streaming Logs page.

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**Note:** Also see [Streaming logs](docId:8FP9Ip4FdgfaatcpM4We-), [Log Forwarding](docId\:v0ndFLyg22jFLz0NgE4BJ), and [Action logs](docId:1s4F7YgGB9RTgUntAc5U9) for overview and background information.
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## Before you begin

Before you set up Streaming Logs, ensure you have:

- Administrative access to the Litmus Edge Manager (LEM) Admin Console
- One or more edge devices running Litmus Edge version 4.1.0 or later
- Litmus Edge Manager version 2.34.0 or later

## Step 1: Enable Edge logs streaming management

Edge logs streaming management is an experimental feature. You must enable it before log forwarding controls and the Streaming Logs pane become available.

To enable Edge logs streaming management:

1. In the Litmus Edge Manager Admin Console, select **Settings** > **Experimental Features**.
2. In the *Experimental Features* page, click the **Edge logs streaming management** toggle to enable it.

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The Streaming Logs page and is now available in the User UI.

## Step 2: Start log forwarding on your edge devices

You can start log forwarding on a single edge device or across multiple edge devices at once.

### Enable log forwarding on a single edge device

To start log forwarding on an individual edge device:

1. In Litmus Edge Manager, select a company and project.
2. From the navigation panel, select **Edge Devices**.
3. In the *Edge Devices* page, click the edge device name to open the edge device details page.
4. Select the **Manage** tab and the **Log Forwarding** subtab. Toggle **Enable Log Forwarding** on.

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Streaming logs are enabled for this edge device.

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**Note:** Log forwarding configuration persists across edge device reboots. If forwarding was enabled before a reboot, it resumes automatically when the edge device comes back online.
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### Enable log forwarding on multiple edge devices

To start log forwarding on several edge devices at once:

1. In Litmus Edge Manager, select a company and project.
2. From the navigation panel, select **Edge Devices**.
3. In the *Edge Devices* pane, click the **Multi-Select** icon.
   Selection boxes appear next to each edge device.

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4. Select the edge devices you want to enable log forwarding on.
5. From the bulk actions menu, select **Manage Logs Forwarding**.

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6. In the **Manage Logs Forwarding** dialog, click the **Enable Logs Forwarding** start icon.

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A summary appears showing how many edge devices were started, stopped, and  skipped. Devices running Litmus Edge earlier than version 4.1.0 and offline edge devices are skipped.
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7. Click **Close**.

Streaming logs are enabled for the selected edge devices.

## Step 3: Configure log retention settings

Next configure how long logs are retained and the maximum disk space allocated for log storage.

To configure log retention settings:

1. In the Litmus Edge Manager Admin Console, navigate to **Integration** > **Action Log**.

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2. Set the retention period and maximum disk allocation for logs.

For more information, see [Action logs](docId:1s4F7YgGB9RTgUntAc5U9).

## Step 4: View and filter logs

To view streamed logs from your edge devices:

1. Log in to Litmus Edge Manager and select a company and project.
2. From the navigation panel, select **Streaming Logs**.
   The *Streaming Logs* pane appears with log entries from all edge devices that have forwarding enabled.

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3. Use the filters at the top of the page to narrow the entries displayed.

| **Filter**      | **Details**                                                                                            |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Edge Device** | Select an edge device to show logs for only that device. Filter by all (info), error, or warning logs. |
| **Severity**    | Filter by info, warning, or error logs                                                                 |
| **Time Range**  | Specify a time range for log entries                                                                   |
| **Search**      | Free-text search across log message content                                                            |

4. Click **Refresh** to update the list with the latest entries.

Each entry in the log list includes:

| **Field**     | **Description**                                       |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| **Timestamp** | Date and time the log was recorded on the edge device |
| **Device**    | The hostname of the originating edge device           |
| **Component** | The service or process that generated the log         |
| **Level**     | The log severity: Debug, Info, Warning, or Error      |
| **Message**   | The log message content                               |

## Verify Streaming Logs is working

To confirm that log forwarding and streaming are set up correctly:

1. In the *Streaming Logs* pane, confirm that log entries appear for the edge devices you enabled.
2. Check the **Device** column to verify entries are coming from the expected edge devices.
3. If no entries appear, confirm the edge device's **Log Forwarding** status shows **Enabled** on the **Manage** tab.

## Related topics

- [Streaming Logs](#)
- [Experimental Features](#)
- [Log Forwarding](#)
- [Multi-Select Mode](#)
- [Action Logs](#)