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.

Log files used by Compute services

Log file

Service name (CentOS/Fedora/openSUSE/Red Hat Enterprise Linux/SUSE Linux Enterprise)

Service name (Ubuntu/Debian)

nova-api.log

openstack-nova-api

nova-api

nova-compute.log

openstack-nova-compute

nova-compute

nova-conductor.log

openstack-nova-conductor

nova-conductor

nova-manage.log

nova-manage

nova-manage

nova-scheduler.log

openstack-nova-scheduler

nova-scheduler