> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.aptible.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Logs
> Learn about how to access and retain logs from your Aptible resources
# Overview
With each operation, the output of your [Containers](/core-concepts/architecture/containers/overview) is collected as Logs. This includes changes to your resources such as scaling, deploying, updating environment variables, creating backups, etc.
Strictly speaking, `stdout` and `stderr` are captured. If you are using Docker locally, this is what you'd see when you run `docker logs ...`. Most importantly, this means **logs sent to files are not captured by Aptible logging**, so when you deploy your [Apps](/core-concepts/apps/overview) on Aptible, you should ensure you are logging to `stdout` or `stderr`, and not to log files.
# Quick Access Logs
Aptible streams live Logs for quick access. For long term retention of logs, you will need to set up a [Log Drain](/core-concepts/observability/logs/log-drains/overview).
App and Database logs can be accessed in real-time from the [CLI](/reference/aptible-cli/overview) using the [`aptible logs`](/reference/aptible-cli/cli-commands/cli-logs) command. Upon executing this command, only the logs generated from that moment onward will be displayed.
Example:
```
aptible logs --app "$APP_HANDLE"
aptible logs --database "$DATABASE_HANDLE"
```
Within the Aptible Dashboard, logs for recent operations can be acccessed by viewing recent [Activity](/core-concepts/observability/activity/overview).
# Log Integrations
## Log Drains
Log Drains let you route Logs to logging destinations for reviewing, searching, and alerting. Log Drains support capturing logs for Apps, Databases, SSH sessions, and Endpoints.
## Log Archiving
Log Archiving lets you route Logs to S3 for business continuity and compliance. Log Archiving supports capturing logs for Apps, Databases, SSH sessions, and Endpoints.