Where are the web server logs stored by default in Strapi 3.6.11?

General
1

So, I’m getting a 500 error when trying to login to the admin page (if I look at the browser’s console). This is probably because I changed an enum’s options to remove a duplicate entry. Now, I’d like to access the web server or strapi’s logs to understand exactly what the problem is. The info I found so far is not helpful, as it either applies to Strapi 4 or does not really provide the solution.

So, where are the web server logs stored by default in Strapi 3.6.11? Which file? Or which command I can use?

Moreover, is this behaviour expected? So, basically, I had an enum like this

{
  "kind": "collectionType",
  "collectionName": "projects",
  "info": {
    "name": "Projects",
    "description": ""
  },
  "options": {
    "increments": true,
    "timestamps": true,
    "draftAndPublish": false
  },
  "attributes": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    ... # Many other attributes
    "languages": {
      "type": "enumeration",
      "enum": [
        "DE",
        "FR",
        "IT",
        "EN",
        ... # Other entries
        "FR, IT, EN",
        "FR, IT, EN",  # I removed this
       ... # 
      ]
    }
  }
}

And I just removed the duplicate entry FR, IT, EN, so I left only 1. I did this because duplicate entries lead to errors in Strapi 4, which I’m trying to migrate to.

If I look at the languages column, these options don’t seem to be specified anywhere

2

It turns out the problem was not caused by the removal of the duplicate entry but because I had forgotten to set ADMIN_JWT_SECRET in production again.

Anyway, I still would need to know where I can find the web server’s logs or any logs that are produced by Strapi. This is fundamental for me to debug any issue.

3

If you’re using pm2 to launch the strapi app, you can find some logs under ~/.pm2/logs/.

However, this should have be written in the documentation, if not already.

Moreover, the question still remains if you’re not using pm2.