Task log events are generally used for debugging a task or a service, and to find out whether a task started without any errors. The log events generated by a task are displayed by selecting the Logs
tab in the task details, shown in the following screenshot. Each log entry includes a Timestamp
and a log Message
. An example of debugging a task is indicated by a MySQL init process failed
message:
A task could fail for several reasons, and some of the common reasons are:
- Task is out of memory
- Mandatory environment variables have not been set
- Insufficient CPU allocated to the container or task
An example log entry in which a MySQL database is indicated to be running and accepting connections is mysqld: ready for connections
, as shown in the following screenshot: