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Query Cloud Logging for error-level logs from Compute Engine instances

command

gcloud logging read "resource.type=gce_instance AND severity>=ERROR" --limit 20

also accepted

gcloud logging read "resource.type=gce_instance

Command breakdown

Part of the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) — Operations category.

gcloudloggingread"resource.type=gce_instanceANDseverity>=ERROR"--limit20

Flag	Purpose
`--limit`	Boolean flag

More Operations commands

Create a Cloud Logging sink to export audit logs to Cloud Storagegcloud logging sinks create audit-export storage.googleapis.com/compliance-logs-bucket --log-filter='logName:cloudaudit.googleapis.com'
Write a log entry to a named Cloud Logging log for testing or manual audit purposesgcloud logging write LOG_NAME "MESSAGE"
List all available log names in the current projectgcloud logging logs list
List all log sinks configured to export logs to external destinationsgcloud logging sinks list
List all log-based metrics defined in the current projectgcloud logging metrics list
List all Cloud Monitoring dashboards in the current projectgcloud monitoring dashboards list
Create a log sink to export matching log entries to Cloud Storage, BigQuery, or Pub/Subgcloud logging sinks create SINK_NAME DESTINATION --log-filter FILTER
Delete a log export sink from the current projectgcloud logging sinks delete SINK_NAME

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