The Falcon LogScale Collector exposes two diagnostic commands that can be used to inspect a running collector. Specifically, the query command can be used to query the metrics or internal logs of a running Falcon LogScale Collector through the local debug API, and without having to restart or reconfigure the service.

These pages describe the output of query internallogs and query metrics in detail, with annotated examples to help you understand and interpret the results.

Both commands query the collector's local API and return results immediately, without requiring changes to the collector's configuration or log level settings. The output can be particularly useful when investigating unexpected behaviour, verifying that data is flowing correctly through a pipeline, or confirming that a collector is successfully transmitting events to its configured sink.

Select the relevant option below to learn about each option: