Sumo Logic Live Tail

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'll introduce the following concepts:

📄️ About Live Tail

Sumo Logic Live Tail allows you to see a real-time live feed of log events for development and troubleshooting.

📄️ Filter Live Tail

To find specific information, you can filter by keyword.

📄️ 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

Highlight keywords that appear in your running Live Tail.

📄️ Live Tail Preferences

You can change the preferences for Live Tail line spacing, message text size, and message color.

📄️ Show Live Tail in Search

Start a Live Tail session from the Search page or the Live Tail page.

📄️ Multiple Live Tails

You can run two Live Tail sessions at a time per browser tab.