3.16. Compute log files

The corresponding log file of each Compute service is stored in the /var/log/nova/ directory of the host on which each service runs.

Table 3.8. Log files used by Compute services
Log file	Service name
`api.log`	openstack-nova-api
`cert.log` ^[a]	`openstack-nova-cert`
`compute.log`	`openstack-nova-compute`
`conductor.log`	`openstack-nova-conductor`
`consoleauth.log`	`openstack-nova-consoleauth`
`network.log`^[b]	`openstack-nova-network`
`nova-manage.log`	`nova-manage`
`scheduler.log`	`openstack-nova-scheduler`
^[a] The X509 certificate service (`openstack-nova-cert`/`nova-cert`) is only required by the EC2 API to the Compute service. ^[b] The `nova` network service (`openstack-nova-network`/`nova-network`) only runs in deployments that are not configured to use the Networking service (`neutron`).

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