Where are CodeDeploy logs?

10 May 2025

Where are CodeDeploy logs?

Default location for CodeDeploy logs on Amazon Linux is:

/opt/codedeploy-agent/deployment-root/...
# or maybe :
/var/log/aws/codedeploy-agent/...
# depends on what are you looking for
  • I repitedly google it tooo many times

Tailing agent logs is very useful for debugging codedeploy-agent issues

tail /var/log/aws/codedeploy-agent/codedeploy-agent.log -f
  • Sometimes it is the only way to find out why deployment fails

Cleanup codedeploy-agent cache


cd /opt/codedeploy-agent/deployment-root/
rm -rf *
watch -n 1 "ls -R /opt/codedeploy-agent/deployment-root/"
  • Remove all agent cache, start new deployment, and watch filestructure update