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# Structured Logging
A structured logging system can be useful when your logs are destined for a machine to parse and process. By maintaining its machine-readable characteristics, it enables more efficient searching and aggregations when consumed by software such as the "ELK stack".
Synapse's structured logging system is configured via the file that Synapse's `log_config` config option points to. The file must be YAML and contain `structured: true`. It must contain a list of "drains" (places where logs go to).
A structured logging configuration looks similar to the following:
```yaml
structured: true
loggers:
synapse:
level: INFO
synapse.storage.SQL:
level: WARNING
drains:
console:
type: console
location: stdout
file:
type: file_json
location: homeserver.log
```
The above logging config will set Synapse as 'INFO' logging level by default, with the SQL layer at 'WARNING', and will have two logging drains (to the console and to a file, stored as JSON).
## Drain Types
Drain types can be specified by the `type` key.
### `console`
Outputs human-readable logs to the console.
Arguments:
- `location`: Either `stdout` or `stderr`.
### `console_json`
Outputs machine-readable JSON logs to the console.
Arguments:
- `location`: Either `stdout` or `stderr`.
### `console_json_terse`
Outputs machine-readable JSON logs to the console, separated by newlines. This
format is not designed to be read and re-formatted into human-readable text, but
is optimal for a logging aggregation system.
Arguments:
- `location`: Either `stdout` or `stderr`.
### `file`
Outputs human-readable logs to a file.
Arguments:
- `location`: An absolute path to the file to log to.
### `file_json`
Outputs machine-readable logs to a file.
Arguments:
- `location`: An absolute path to the file to log to.
### `network_json_terse`
Delivers machine-readable JSON logs to a log aggregator over TCP. This is
compatible with LogStash's TCP input with the codec set to `json_lines`.
Arguments:
- `host`: Hostname or IP address of the log aggregator.
- `port`: Numerical port to contact on the host.