# Configure logging

To configure logging and retrieve or clear existing log files, right-click a Provider, choose **Troubleshooting** > **Logging** in the context menu, and then click one of the following, depending on what you would like to do: **Configure**, **Retrieve**, or **Clear**. For the information on how to perform these tasks, see the [**Logging**](/landing/ras-admin-guide/v19-en-us/parallels-ras-19-administrators-guide/common-management-tasks/logging.md) section. Please also read the important information below.

Note that logging of Provider operations is performed on the RAS Provider Agent level. When you configure logging for a Provider, you are essentially configuring it for the RAS Provider Agent that services this Provider. This means that if you are using the built-in RAS Provider Agent, its logging configuration applies to all Providers that it services. Consider the following scenarios:

* When you retrieve log files for a specific Provider serviced by the built-in Provider Agent, the files will contain logs for all Providers serviced by the same agent.
* If you clear log files for a particular Provider, you should be careful because the logs will be cleared for all Providers if they are serviced by the same built-in Provider Agent. The RAS Console will prompt you if you try to delete such a shared log.

If a Provider has a dedicated Provider Agent, which services this host only, none of the above applies.


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