Meltano

Do the logs coming from `MELTANO_DATABASE_URI` write the logs that are generated in `/.meltano/logs` ?

<@U06CQMUDR09> I don't understand what you mean by "the logs coming from `MELTANO_DATABASE_URI`"

Essentially I'm wondering what changing the `MELTANO_DATABASE_URI` does as far as logging goes. We want to make sure we keep the logs, and we're debating between a stateless and a stateful deployment. If we go stateless, it seems like we'd lose the logs in `.meltano/logs` but are wondering if changing `MELTANO_DATABASE_URI` to an external database would keep those.

Unless `MELTANO_DATABASE_URI` has nothing to do with those logs.

&gt; Unless `MELTANO_DATABASE_URI` has nothing to do with those logs.
:point_up:

See <https://meltano.com/docs/production.html#storing-logs>

Meltano doesn't currently store logs in the system database or anywhere other than `.meltano/logs` , but we could certainly consider changing that if it would have advantages for you!

Also don't forget to look at Airflow's logs, which should also contain all `meltano elt` output