Debugging issues | roxctl CLI | Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.5

Prerequisites
Viewing the logs
Viewing the current log level
Changing the log level
Retrieving debugging information

Central saves information to its container logs.

Prerequisites

You have configured the ROX_ENDPOINT environment variable using the following command:
```
$ export ROX_ENDPOINT=<host:port> (1)
```
1 The host and port information that you want to store in the ROX_ENDPOINT environment variable.

Viewing the logs

You can use either the oc or kubectl command to view the logs for the Central pod.

Procedure

To view the logs for the Central pod by using kubectl, run the following command :
```
$ kubectl logs -n stackrox <central_pod>
```
To view the logs for the Central pod by using oc, run the following command :
```
$ oc logs -n stackrox <central_pod>
```

Viewing the current log level

You can change the log level to see more or less information in Central logs.

Procedure

Run the following command to view the current log level:
```
$ roxctl central debug log
```

Additional resources

roxctl central debug

Changing the log level

Procedure

Run the following command to change the log level:
```
$ roxctl central debug log --level=<log_level> (1)
```
1 The acceptable values for <log_level> are Panic, Fatal, Error, Warn, Info, and Debug.

Additional resources

roxctl central debug

Retrieving debugging information

Procedure

Run the following command to gather the debugging information for investigating issues:
```
$ roxctl central debug dump
```
To generate a diagnostic bundle with the RHACS administrator password or API token and central address, follow the procedure in Generating a diagnostic bundle by using the roxctl CLI.

Additional resources

roxctl central debug