This document explains how to configure Minio server to log to different logging targets.
## Log Targets
Minio supports currently two target types
- console
- http
### Console Target
Console target logs to `/dev/stderr` and is enabled by default. To turn-off console logging you would have to update your Minio server configuration using `mc admin config set` command.
Assuming `mc` is already [configured](https://docs.minio.io/docs/minio-client-quickstart-guide.html)
```
mc admin config get myminio/ > /tmp/config
```
Edit the `/tmp/config` and toggle `console` field `enabled` from `true` to `false`.
```json
"logger": {
"console": {
"enabled": false
}
},
```
Once changed, now you may set the changed config to server through following commands.
```
mc admin config set myminio/ < /tmp/config
mc admin restart myminio/
```
### HTTP Target
HTTP target logs to a generic HTTP endpoint in JSON format and is not enabled by default. To enable HTTP target logging you would have to update your Minio server configuration using `mc admin config set` command.
Assuming `mc` is already [configured](https://docs.minio.io/docs/minio-client-quickstart-guide.html)
```
mc admin config get myminio/ > /tmp/config
```
Edit the `/tmp/config` and toggle `http` field `enabled` from `false` to `true`.
```json
"logger": {
"console": {
"enabled": false
},
"http": {
"1": {
"enabled": true,
"endpoint": "http://endpoint:port/path"
}
}
},
```
NOTE: `http://endpoint:port/path` is a placeholder value to indicate the URL format, please change this accordingly as per your configuration.
Once changed, now you may set the changed config to server through following commands.
```
mc admin config set myminio/ < /tmp/config
mc admin restart myminio/
```
Minio also honors environment variable for HTTP target logging as shown below, this setting will override the endpoint settings in the Minio server config.
```
MINIO_LOGGER_HTTP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:8080/minio/logs minio server /mnt/data
```
## Audit Targets
For audit logging Minio supports only HTTP target type for now. Audit logging is currently only available through environment variable.
```
MINIO_AUDIT_LOGGER_HTTP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:8080/minio/logs/audit minio server /mnt/data
```
Setting this environment variable automatically enables audit logging to the HTTP target. The audit logging is in JSON format as described below.
