Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.
This page describes options for collecting logs from Google Kubernetes Engine.
Log collection
By default, GKE clusters send logs to Cloud Logging. You can
choose the types of logs to collect when you create a cluster or enable
log collection for an existing cluster.
For information about the types of GKE logs that
Logging collects and details about managing your logs, seeManaging GKE logs.
Multi-tenant logging
A multi-tenant cluster is a cluster that multiple teams share astenantsof
the cluster.
A common approach to multi-tenancy is to use one Google Cloud project for the
shared cluster and separate projects for each application team. Cluster
admins can configure a system where logs are stored in the same project as the
cluster, and tenant logs are routed to the application team projects.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Collect GKE logs\n\nThis page describes options for collecting logs from Google Kubernetes Engine.\n\nLog collection\n--------------\n\nBy default, GKE clusters send logs to Cloud Logging. You can\nchoose the types of logs to collect when you create a cluster or enable\nlog collection for an existing cluster.\n| **Note:** For [GKE Autopilot](/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/autopilot-overview) clusters, you can't disable collection of all GKE logs.\n\nFor information about configuring log collection, see\n[Configuring logging and monitoring for GKE](/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/configure-metrics).\n\nFor information about the types of GKE logs that\nLogging collects and details about managing your logs, see\n[Managing GKE logs](/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/about-logs#collecting_logs).\n\nMulti-tenant logging\n--------------------\n\nA multi-tenant cluster is a cluster that multiple teams share as *tenants* of\nthe cluster.\n\nA common approach to multi-tenancy is to use one Google Cloud project for the\nshared cluster and separate projects for each application team. Cluster\nadmins can configure a system where logs are stored in the same project as the\ncluster, and tenant logs are routed to the application team projects.\n\nFor information about configuring logging for multi-tenant clusters, see\n[Multi-tenant logging on GKE](/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/multi-tenant-logging).\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Explore logs for your GKE clusters and resources in the [Logs Explorer](/logging/docs/view/logs-explorer-interface).\n\n\u003c!-- --\u003e\n\n- Learn how to [monitor your logs](/logging/docs/alerting/monitoring-logs) with [predefined logs dashboards](/logging/docs/view/dashboard) for GKE, log-based alerts, and other features."]]
