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+ service-1786497219-lttxd gateway Log message from gateway

+ service-1786497219-lttxd server Log message from server

+ service-1786497219-2rbt1 server Log message from server
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In addition, if a pod is killed and recreated during a deployment Stern will stop listening to the old pod and automatically hook into the new one. There's no more need to figure out what the id of that newly created pod is.



**Configuration options**



Stern was deliberately designed to be minimal so there's not much to it. However, there are still a couple configuration options we can highlight here. They're very similar to the ones built into kubectl so if you're familiar with that you should feel right at home.

- timestamps adds the timestamp to each line
- since shows log entries since a certain time (for instance --since 15min)
- kube-config allows you to specify another Kubernetes config. Defaults to ~/.kube/config
- namespace allows you to only limit the search to a certain namespaceRun stern --help for all options.

**Examples**



Tail the gateway container running inside of the envvars pod on staging

     + stern --context staging --container gateway envvars

Show auth activity from 15min ago with timestamps

    + stern -t --since 15m auth

Follow the development of some-new-feature in minikube

    + stern --context minikube some-new-feature

View pods from another namespace

    + stern --namespace kube-system kubernetes-dashboard



**Get Stern**



Stern is open source and [available on GitHub](https://github.com/wercker/stern), we'd love your contributions or ideas. If you don't want to build from source you can also download a precompiled binary from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/wercker/stern/releases).   


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Title: Stern Configuration and Examples
Summary
This section details Stern's configuration options, including adding timestamps, specifying a time since which to show logs, using a custom Kubernetes config file, and limiting the search to a specific namespace. It provides example commands for tailing logs from a specific container in a specified context and namespace, showing logs with timestamps from a certain time ago, following development in minikube, and viewing pods from another namespace. Finally, it provides links to Stern's GitHub repository and precompiled binaries.