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nomad monitor export command reference

The nomad monitor export command returns logs written to disk or journald by a nomad agent.

Usage

nomad monitor export [options]

Use the nomad monitor export command to export an agent's historic data from journald or its Nomad log file. If exporting journald logs, you must pass -service-name with the name of the systemd unit to query. The -logs-since and -follow options are only valid for journald queries. You may pass a duration string to the -logs-since option to override the default 72h duration. Nomad will accept the following time units in the -logs-since duration string: "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h". The -follow=true option causes the agent to continue to stream logs until interrupted or until the remote agent quits. Nomad only supports journald queries on Linux.

If you do not use Linux or you do not run Nomad as a systemd unit, pass the -on-disk=true option to export the entirety of a given agent's nomad log file.

When ACLs are enabled, this command requires a token with the agent:read capability.

Options

  • -node-id: Specifies the client node-id to stream logs from. If no node-id is given, the Nomad server from the -address flag is used.

  • -server-id: Specifies the Nomad server id to stream logs from. Accepts server names from nomad server members and also a special leader option which will target the current leader.

  • -service-name: Specifies the the name of the systemd unit for export. Do not use with -on-disk. Must include 'nomad' and conform to systemd naming conventions. You may provide the full systemd file name or omit the suffix. If your service name includes a '.', you must include a valid suffix (e.g. nomad.client.service).

  • -logs-since: Duration used to determine how far back to return logs from journald. Ignored if used with -on-disk and defaults to 72h if not set.

  • -follow: Boolean that, if true, continues streaming journald logs until interrupted. Do not use with -on-disk

  • -on-disk: Boolean that, if true, returns the contents of the Nomad log file defined in the agent config.

Examples

This example returns journald log entries with a specific node ID and service name.

$ nomad monitor export -node-id=$(nomad node status --quiet) -service-name="nomad"
Jun 04 20:09:29 nomad-client01 systemd[1]: Starting Nomad...
Subject: A start job for unit nomad_client.service has begun execution

This example returns the contents of the nomad log file for a specific server.

$ nomad monitor export -server-id=a57b2adb-1a30-2dda-8df0-25abb0881952 -on-disk=true
2025-06-20T12:22:08.528-0500 [DEBUG] http: request complete: method=GET path=/v1/agent/health?type=server duration=1.445739ms
2025-06-20T12:22:09.892-0500 [DEBUG] nomad: memberlist: Stream connection from=127.0.0.1:53628

General options

  • -address=<addr>: The address of the Nomad server. Overrides the NOMAD_ADDR environment variable if set. Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:4646.

  • -region=<region>: The region of the Nomad server to forward commands to. Overrides the NOMAD_REGION environment variable if set. Defaults to the Agent's local region.

  • -no-color: Disables colored command output. Alternatively, NOMAD_CLI_NO_COLOR may be set. This option takes precedence over -force-color.

  • -force-color: Forces colored command output. This can be used in cases where the usual terminal detection fails. Alternatively, NOMAD_CLI_FORCE_COLOR may be set. This option has no effect if -no-color is also used.

  • -ca-cert=<path>: Path to a PEM encoded CA cert file to use to verify the Nomad server SSL certificate. Overrides the NOMAD_CACERT environment variable if set.

  • -ca-path=<path>: Path to a directory of PEM encoded CA cert files to verify the Nomad server SSL certificate. If both -ca-cert and -ca-path are specified, -ca-cert is used. Overrides the NOMAD_CAPATH environment variable if set.

  • -client-cert=<path>: Path to a PEM encoded client certificate for TLS authentication to the Nomad server. Must also specify -client-key. Overrides the NOMAD_CLIENT_CERT environment variable if set.

  • -client-key=<path>: Path to an unencrypted PEM encoded private key matching the client certificate from -client-cert. Overrides the NOMAD_CLIENT_KEY environment variable if set.

  • -tls-server-name=<value>: The server name to use as the SNI host when connecting via TLS. Overrides the NOMAD_TLS_SERVER_NAME environment variable if set.

  • -tls-skip-verify: Do not verify TLS certificate. This is highly not recommended. Verification will also be skipped if NOMAD_SKIP_VERIFY is set.

  • -token: The SecretID of an ACL token to use to authenticate API requests with. Overrides the NOMAD_TOKEN environment variable if set.

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