Watching a database log file

You can monitor the contents of a log file by using the AWS Management Console.

Console

To watch a database log file

1. Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Databases.

3. Choose the name of the DB instance that has the log file that you want to view.

4. Choose the Logs & events tab.

5. In the Logs section, choose a log file, and then choose Watch.