From 25fe2a0e182e5aeecd42aa8ddb7270e492916652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Harford Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:56:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] l7-logging: Notes on checking for collector, and finding logs - Add a section on checking if the collector is running. - Add a note that L7 logs will take several minutes to see in the web UI. --- .../elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx | 15 +++++++++++++++ .../elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/calico-enterprise/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx b/calico-enterprise/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx index 2da22a06d9..5a6cb03d24 100644 --- a/calico-enterprise/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx +++ b/calico-enterprise/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx @@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ Replace the following: - ``: The namespace your workload is in. - ``: What you want your waypoint proxy gateway to be called. +## Verify the collector is running + +```bash +kubectl get pods -n -l gateway.networking.k8s.io/gateway-name= \ + -o jsonpath='{range.items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.status.phase}{"\t"}{.spec.containers[*].name}{"\n"}{end}' +``` + +You should see both the `istio-proxy` and `l7-collector` containers listed. + ## Remove the Waypoint collector ```bash @@ -70,6 +79,12 @@ along with the other types of L7 logs. They will be labeled with the `collector_type`: `envoy-access-log` and the `collector_name`: `waypoint`. +:::note + +L7 logs take several minutes to appear in the web console after the Waypoint collector is enabled. + +::: + ## Additional information - [L7 log data types](datatypes.mdx) diff --git a/calico-enterprise_versioned_docs/version-3.24-1/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx b/calico-enterprise_versioned_docs/version-3.24-1/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx index 2da22a06d9..5a6cb03d24 100644 --- a/calico-enterprise_versioned_docs/version-3.24-1/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx +++ b/calico-enterprise_versioned_docs/version-3.24-1/observability/elastic/l7/enable-waypoint-collector.mdx @@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ Replace the following: - ``: The namespace your workload is in. - ``: What you want your waypoint proxy gateway to be called. +## Verify the collector is running + +```bash +kubectl get pods -n -l gateway.networking.k8s.io/gateway-name= \ + -o jsonpath='{range.items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.status.phase}{"\t"}{.spec.containers[*].name}{"\n"}{end}' +``` + +You should see both the `istio-proxy` and `l7-collector` containers listed. + ## Remove the Waypoint collector ```bash @@ -70,6 +79,12 @@ along with the other types of L7 logs. They will be labeled with the `collector_type`: `envoy-access-log` and the `collector_name`: `waypoint`. +:::note + +L7 logs take several minutes to appear in the web console after the Waypoint collector is enabled. + +::: + ## Additional information - [L7 log data types](datatypes.mdx)