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logs

Recipe card from the charly-core plugin (Commands — runtime CLI verbs).

charly logs – Service Log Viewing

Section titled “charly logs – Service Log Viewing”

Overview

Section titled “Overview”

Displays logs from a running or recently stopped service container. In quadlet mode, reads from journalctl. In direct mode, reads from the container engine’s log store.

Quick Reference

Section titled “Quick Reference”
Action Command Description
View logs charly logs <image> Show recent logs
Follow logs charly logs <image> -f Stream logs in real time
Tail N lines charly logs <image> -n 50 Show last N lines
With instance charly logs <image> -i 2 Logs from specific instance

Usage

Section titled “Usage”
Terminal window
# View recent logs
charly logs jupyter


# Follow logs in real time (Ctrl+C to stop)
charly logs ollama -f


# Show last 100 lines
charly logs immich -n 100


# Logs from a specific instance
charly logs openclaw -i 2


# Combine follow with tail
charly logs comfyui -f -n 50

Flags

Section titled “Flags”
Flag Description
-f, --follow Stream logs continuously
-n, --lines LINES Number of recent lines to show
-i, --instance INSTANCE Target a specific container instance
--sidecar NAME Show the named SIDECAR container’s logs instead of the app container’s

Behavior

Section titled “Behavior”
  • Quadlet mode: Uses journalctl --user -u charly-<image>.service
  • Direct mode: Uses <engine> logs <container>
  • Quadlet mode is the default and recommended deployment method
  • Logs include both stdout and stderr from the container

Cross-References

Section titled “Cross-References”