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layout: docs
page_title: 'monitor - Vault CLI'
description: >-
Use vault monitor to stream server logs to stdout in real time.
---
# `monitor`
Stream Vault server logs in real-time to `stdout`.
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```shell-session
$ vault monitor [flags]
$ vault monitor [-help | -h]
```
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## Description
`vault monitor` streams Vault server logs to `stdout` in real time based on the
address stored in `VAULT_ADDR` or passed through `-address`. Use the
`-log-level` flag to override the default log level set for the Vault server.
<Tip title="Related API endpoints">
MonitorLogs - [`GET: /sys/monitor`](/vault/api-docs/system/monitor)
</Tip>
### Limitations and warnings
- `vault monitor` runs indefinitely and only exits if an unexpected error occurs.
- `vault monitor` may drop log lines if Vault is emitting log messages faster
than the receiver can process the input.
## Command arguments
None.
## Command options
None.
## Command flags
<br />
@include 'cli/shared/flags/log-level.mdx'
<br /><hr /><br />
@include 'cli/shared/flags/log-format.mdx'
## Standard flags
@include 'cli/standard-settings/all-standard-flags.mdx'
## Examples
Stream server logs at the `debug` log level:
```shell-session
$ vault monitor -log-level=debug
```