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title: Changing management log levels
description: Complete the following steps to change management log levels.
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revdate: May 6, 2024
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# Changing management log levels

Complete the following steps to change management log levels.

## About this task

The management log (`balancer.log` and `controller.log`) levels are initially configured in `ase.conf` file by setting `log_level` to one of the following five values:

* `fatal`

* `error`

* `warning`

* `info`

* `debug`

|   |                              |
| - | ---------------------------- |
|   | The default value is `info`. |

## Steps

* To change the log level of management logs during run-time, use the `log_level` command.

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  |   | The `log_level` command works in an identical way for both sideband and inline API Security Enforcer (ASE) modes. |

* In an ASE cluster set up, run the `log_level` command with the `warn` option on all the ASE nodes in the command-line interface (CLI).

  ### Example:

  The following is an example CLI output of the `log_level` command to change the log level to `warning`:

  ```
  #./bin/cli.sh -u admin -p admin log_level warn
  ```

  ### Result:

  The change in log-level is also recorded in Audit logs.

* Verify the current log level by using the ASE `status` command.

  ### Example:

  ```
  #./bin/cli.sh -u admin -p status
  API Security Enforcer
  status              : started
  mode                : inline
  http/ws             : port 8080
  https/wss           : port 8443
  firewall            : enabled
  abs                 : disabled, ssl: enabled
  abs attack          : disabled
  audit               : enabled
  ase detected attack : disabled
  attack list memory  : configured 128.00 MB, used 25.60 MB, free 102.40 MB
  log level           : warn
  timezone            : local (MST)
  ```