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Getting AWS CloudHSM Client Logs

You can retrieve the logs generated by the AWS CloudHSM client. These logs contain detailed information from the AWS CloudHSM client daemon. The location of the logs depends on the operating system of the Amazon EC2 client instance where you run the AWS CloudHSM client.

Amazon LinuxAmazon Linux 2CentOS 6CentOS 7RHEL 6RHEL 7Ubuntu 16.04Windows
Amazon Linux

In Amazon Linux, the AWS CloudHSM client logs are written to the file named /opt/cloudhsm/run/cloudhsm_client.log. You can use logrotate or a similar tool to rotate and manage these logs.

Amazon Linux 2

In Amazon Linux 2, the AWS CloudHSM Client logs are collected and stored in the journal. You can use journalctl to view and manage these logs. For example, use the following command to view the AWS CloudHSM Client logs. 

journalctl -f -u cloudhsm-client
CentOS 6

In CentOS 6, the AWS CloudHSM client logs are written to the file named /opt/cloudhsm/run/cloudhsm_client.log. You can use logrotate or a similar tool to rotate and manage these logs.

CentOS 7

In CentOS 7, the AWS CloudHSM Client logs are collected and stored in the journal. You can use journalctl to view and manage these logs. For example, use the following command to view the AWS CloudHSM Client logs. 

journalctl -f -u cloudhsm-client
RHEL 6

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the AWS CloudHSM client logs are written to the file named /opt/cloudhsm/run/cloudhsm_client.log. You can use logrotate or a similar tool to rotate and manage these logs.

RHEL 7

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the AWS CloudHSM Client logs are collected and stored in the journal. You can use journalctl to view and manage these logs. For example, use the following command to view the AWS CloudHSM Client logs. 

journalctl -f -u cloudhsm-client
Ubuntu 16.04

In Ubuntu, the AWS CloudHSM Client logs are collected and stored in the journal. You can use journalctl to view and manage these logs. For example, use the following command to view the AWS CloudHSM Client logs. 

journalctl -f -u cloudhsm-client
Windows

  • For Windows client 1.1.2+:

    AWS CloudHSM client logs are written to a cloudhsm.log file in the AWS CloudHSM program files folder (C:\Program Files\Amazon\CloudHSM\). Each log file name is suffixed with a timestamp indicating when the AWS CloudHSM client was started.

  • For Windows client 1.1.1 and older:

    The client logs are not written to a file. The logs are displayed at the command prompt or in the PowerShell window where you started the AWS CloudHSM client.