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Sumo Logic Live Tail allows you to see a real-time live feed of log messages associated with a Source or Collector, which you can use as a tool for development and troubleshooting.
Guide contents
In this section, we will introduce the following concepts:
📄️ About Live Tail
Use Live Tail to see a real-time feed of log events associated with a Source or Collector. These live feeds can help you with development and troubleshooting.
📄️ Filter Live Tail
To find specific logs, you can filter with keywords. You may use keywords after providing at least one metadata field to the Live Tail query and click Run or press Enter.
📄️ Live Tail CLI
The Live Tail Command Line Interface (CLI) is a standalone application that allows you to start and use a Live Tail session from the command line.
📄️ Live Tail Highlighting
Your searches may lead you to focus on particular keywords in your log, and you can highlight these words in a running Live Tail session to make them more visible.
📄️ Live Tail Preferences
Live Tail preferences allow you to change the appearance of line spacing, size of your message text, and your message color.
📄️ Live Tail Show in Search
Just as you can start a Live Tail session from the Search page, you can also start a search from the Live Tail page.
📄️ Multiple Live Tails
Sumo Logic Live Tail supports running two Live Tail sessions at a time per tab. You can start a second Live Tail session from the Live Tail page, or from the Search page.