# downloading the voxl-mapper service log file

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4362/downloading-the-voxl-mapper-service-log-file
Category: VOXL 2 and VOXL 2 Mini (https://forum.modalai.com/category/26/voxl-2-and-voxl-2-mini)
Tags: voxl-2
Posted: 2025-04-20 14:27:53 UTC by Meytal Lempel
Replies: 4 · Views: 854

## Meytal Lempel · 2025-04-20 14:27:53 UTC

Hi!
Where do I find the log files of each service (for example voxl-mapper) on voxl2?  
(without using the voxl-portal)
Thank you

## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2025-04-20 15:29:33 UTC

@Meytal-Lempel Here is the logging documentation: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-logger/

## Reply by Meytal Lempel · 2025-04-20 16:02:54 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey)

@Eric-Katzfey thank you, but I want to download the textual notes that are written to a log file during the code execution of a service, not the recording of a pipe. Similar to dowload logs in the debug option in the voxl-portal. How do I do that?

## Reply by Eric Katzfey (ModalAI staff) · 2025-04-20 19:07:05 UTC (in reply to Meytal Lempel)

@Meytal-Lempel You mean like `journalctl -b -u voxl-mapper`?

## Reply by Meytal Lempel · 2025-04-25 04:31:25 UTC (in reply to Eric Katzfey)

@Eric-Katzfey Thank you! I now use journalctl and write to a file in a logger service, for example: 

voxl-mapper-logger.service

```
[Unit]
Description=Logs voxl-mapper log output to file
After=voxl-wait-for-fs.service network.target network-online.target
Requires=voxl-wait-for-fs.service network.target network-online.target voxl-mapper.service

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "sleep 45 && journalctl -f -u voxl-mapper.service >> /data/logs/voxl_mapper.log"
StartLimitInterval=0

Restart=always
RestartSec=2s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```