Modifying the Proxy Log Level

Emitting logs is an expensive operation for a network proxy, and by default,the Linkerd data plane proxies are configured to only log exceptional events.However, sometimes it is useful to increase the verbosity of proxy logs toassist with diagnosing proxy behavior. Happily, Linkerd allows you to modifythese logs dynamically.

The log level a Linkerd proxy can be modified on the fly by setting theconfig.linkerd.io/proxy-log-level annotation on the pod. In both cases,these changes will be picked up automatically, and the resulting logs can beviewed with kubectl logs.

The syntax of the proxy log level can be found in the proxy log levelreference.

Note that logging has a noticeable, negative impact on proxy throughput. If thepod will continue to serve production traffic, you may wish to reset the loglevel once you are done.