This section describes how to view Che-Theia IDE logs, on the command line and in the OpenShift web console.

Viewing Che-Theia editor logs using the OpenShift CLI

Observing Che-Theia editor logs helps to get a better understanding and insight over the plug-ins loaded by the editor. This section describes how to access the Che-Theia editor logs using the OpenShift CLI (command-line interface).

Prerequisites
Procedure

  1. Obtain the list of the available Pods:

    $ oc get pods
    Example
    $ oc get pods
NAME                                              READY  STATUS   RESTARTS  AGE
che-9-xz6g8                                 1/1    Running  1         15h
workspace0zqb2ew3py4srthh.go-cli-549cdcf69-9n4w2  4/4    Running  0         1h

  2. Obtain the list of the available containers in the particular Pod:

    $ oc get pods <name-of-pod> --output jsonpath='\{.spec.containers[*].name}'
    Example:
    $ oc get pods workspace0zqb2ew3py4srthh.go-cli-549cdcf69-9n4w2 -o
jsonpath='\{.spec.containers[*].name}'
> go-cli che-machine-exechr7 theia-idexzb vscode-gox3r

  3. Get logs from the theia/ide container:

    $ oc logs --follow <name-of-pod> --container <name-of-container>
    Example:
    $ oc logs --follow workspace0zqb2ew3py4srthh.go-cli-549cdcf69-9n4w2 -container
theia-idexzb
>root INFO unzipping the plug-in 'task_plugin.theia' to directory: /tmp/theia-unpacked/task_plugin.theia
root INFO unzipping the plug-in 'theia_yeoman_plugin.theia' to directory: /tmp/theia-unpacked/theia_yeoman_plugin.theia
root WARN A handler with prefix term  is already registered.
root INFO [nsfw-watcher: 75] Started watching: /home/theia/.theia
root WARN e.onStart is slow, took: 367.4600000013015 ms
root INFO [nsfw-watcher: 75] Started watching: /projects
root INFO [nsfw-watcher: 75] Started watching: /projects/.theia/tasks.json
root INFO [4f9590c5-e1c5-40d1-b9f8-ec31ec3bdac5] Sync of 9 plugins took: 62.26000000242493 ms
root INFO [nsfw-watcher: 75] Started watching: /projects
root INFO [hosted-plugin: 88] PLUGIN_HOST(88) starting instance

Viewing Che-Theia IDE logs in the web console

This section describes how to view Che-Theia IDE logs in the OpenShift web console.

Procedure

To view Che-Theia IDE logs on the console:

  1. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Overview.

  2. Search for the particular deployment, click the context menu on the right side of the deployment, and click View Logs.

    searching the theia ide logs on the console

  3. In the drop-down list, click theia-ide.

    viewing theia ide logs on the console