Can `doct apps` be used to connect to the live console of a component?

Posted on July 16, 2021

doctl apps logs <app-id> -f is a great feature to live tail stdout/stderr from an app’s component.

Is there a way to connect to the live ‘console’ to a component, just as I can do on the ‘Console’ tab from the web interface?

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Bobby Iliev

January 20, 2025

Accepted Answer

Hi there,

Quick update here: You can now access the App Platform console directly from the CLI using doctl.

Docs are here:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/console/#access-a-components-console-using-the-cli

Example:

doctl apps console <app-id> <component-name>

Super useful! 🚀

Bobby Iliev

July 16, 2021

Hello,

There was a similar question asked here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/is-it-possible-to-connect-to-the-console-of-the-application-in-the-app-platform-from-the-doctl

Currently, this is not possible, but indeed, this sounds like a great idea!

The best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to our Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.