Access
logging is a feature provided with Istio ingress. By enabling access logging, you will be able
to get information about the traffic that passes through the ingress gateway. Access logging
is disabled by default.
Enable access logging
To enable access logging, add the following
stanza to your overrides file:
...
ingress:
enableAccesslog: true
...
View access logs
When your cluster is running, you can view access logs as follows:
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