# How can I write access log as file in k8s ingress installed by helm chart **URL:** \ **Category:** Traefik v2\ **Tags:** kubernetes-ingress, file\ **Created:** [April 12, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/how-can-i-write-access-log-as-file-in-k8s-ingress-installed-by-helm-chart/14119 "2022-04-12T02:30:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joey-yoonsung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/joey-yoonsung/32/5187_2.png) [@joey-yoonsung](https://community.traefik.io/u/joey-yoonsung)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/how-can-i-write-access-log-as-file-in-k8s-ingress-installed-by-helm-chart/14119/1 "2022-04-12T02:30:20Z")
Hi. I want to collect access log by collector that read all logfiles in /var/log path and run as daemonset in a namespace. I installed traefik as helm chart - [GitHub web editor](https://github.dev/traefik/traefik-helm-chart/tree/master/traefik) I add mount to volumes and additionalVolumeMounts in values.yaml. ```yaml deployment: additionalVolumes: - name: traefik-logs emptyDir: {} additionalVolumeMounts: - name: traefik-logs mountPath: /var/log ``` I add filePath in `log.general` & `log.access` ```yaml logs: general: level: ERROR filePath: /var/log/traefik.log access: filePath: /var/log/traefik-access.log ``` But, there is any log file in /var/log. There is no config as parameter on process related to log file. ```auto $ ps aux | grep traefik ``` 1 65532 0:00 traefik traefik --global.checknewversion --global.sendanonymoususage --entrypoints.metrics.address=:9100/tcp --entrypoints.traefik.address=:9000/tcp --entrypoints.web.address=:8000/tcp --entrypoints.websecure.address=:8443/tcp --api.dashboard=true --ping=true --metrics.prometheus=true --metrics.prometheus.entrypoint=metrics --providers.kubernetescrd --providers.kubernetesingress --accesslog=true --accesslog.format=json --accesslog.fields.defaultmode=keep --accesslog.fields.headers.defaultmode=keep I tested it again to fix mount path to `/var/log/traefik`. /var/log/traefik dir is created. Volume seems to be amounted. But traefik filepath config seems to be not working. ---
**Author:** ![jakubhajek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/jakubhajek/32/3389_2.png) [@jakubhajek](https://community.traefik.io/u/jakubhajek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/how-can-i-write-access-log-as-file-in-k8s-ingress-installed-by-helm-chart/14119/2 "2022-04-12T04:24:43Z")
Hello @joey-yoonsung Did you check the path /var/log directly into Traefik container? The logs files should be created and stored inside a container. ---
**Author:** ![joey-yoonsung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/joey-yoonsung/32/5187_2.png) [@joey-yoonsung](https://community.traefik.io/u/joey-yoonsung)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/how-can-i-write-access-log-as-file-in-k8s-ingress-installed-by-helm-chart/14119/3 "2022-04-12T04:47:43Z")
@jakubhajek Yes. there is. I access the container as shell like bellow ```shell kubectl get pod | grep traefik  ✔  1h 53m 43s  ladp-vks-120-dev ⎈  13:45:38 traefik-7788b7c8c7-x9w24 1/1 Running 0 114m ``` ```auto kubectl exec -it traefik-7788b7c8c7-x9w24 /bin/sh ``` ```auto $ cd var/log /var/log $ ls -al total 0 drwxrwsrwx 2 root 65532 6 Apr 12 02:50 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21 Apr 12 02:50 .. ``` ---
**Author:** ![joey-yoonsung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/joey-yoonsung/32/5187_2.png) [@joey-yoonsung](https://community.traefik.io/u/joey-yoonsung)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/how-can-i-write-access-log-as-file-in-k8s-ingress-installed-by-helm-chart/14119/4 "2022-04-12T05:19:44Z")
I tried to set more change of configurations, but there is no different. `filePath` key in `logs`, `logs.general`, `logs.access` seems to be ignored. Very hard to configure traefik in k8s because the official document doesn't care about config in k8s. ---
**Author:** ![joey-yoonsung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/joey-yoonsung/32/5187_2.png) [@joey-yoonsung](https://community.traefik.io/u/joey-yoonsung)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/how-can-i-write-access-log-as-file-in-k8s-ingress-installed-by-helm-chart/14119/5 "2022-04-12T11:49:35Z")
I found it! `filePath` is not working in `logs` , `logs.general` , `logs.access`. The `filepath` can be set by additionalArguments in values.yaml - It's guide here [CLI - Traefik](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/reference/static-configuration/cli/) ```yaml deployment: additionalVolumes: - name: traefik-logs emptyDir: {} additionalVolumeMounts: - name: traefik-logs mountPath: /var/log/traefik additionalArguments: - "--log.filepath=/var/log/traefik/traefik.log" - "--accesslog.filepath=/var/log/traefik/traefik-access.log" ``` Then the process run with these parameters. ```bash ps aux | grep traefik ``` ``` 1 65532 0:00 traefik traefik --global.checknewversion --global.sendanonymoususage --entrypoints.metrics.address=:9100/tcp --entrypoints.traefik.address=:9000/tcp --entrypoints.web.address=:8000/tcp --entrypoints.websecure.address=:8443/tcp --api.dashboard=true --ping=true --metrics.prometheus=true --metrics.prometheus.entrypoint=metrics --providers.kubernetescrd --providers.kubernetesingress --accesslog=true --accesslog.format=json --accesslog.fields.defaultmode=keep --accesslog.fields.headers.defaultmode=keep --log.filepath=/var/log/traefik/traefik.log --accesslog.filepath=/var/log/traefik/traefik-access.log ``` But it has limitations. The stdout that streamed the traefik app log and access log both before don't stream access log anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jakubhajek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/jakubhajek/32/3389_2.png) [@jakubhajek](https://community.traefik.io/u/jakubhajek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/how-can-i-write-access-log-as-file-in-k8s-ingress-installed-by-helm-chart/14119/6 "2022-04-12T12:00:53Z")
You can have a look at the workshop we have prepared to let Kubernetes users start with Traefik: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CL5Cxxz-yHo/maxresdefault.jpg "Workshop: Getting Started with Traefik") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL5Cxxz-yHo)