# Can we add random log file from host in monitoring?

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-add-random-log-file-from-host-in-monitoring/18788>\
**Category:** Logs\
**Tags:** log-monitoring-class, hosts-classic\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-add-random-log-file-from-host-in-monitoring/18788 "2020-03-18T11:23:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![AK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/ak/32/164_2.png) [@AK](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AK)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-add-random-log-file-from-host-in-monitoring/18788/1 "2020-03-18T11:23:51Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to add any random log file from host in monitoring when we have one agent installed on that host? or it has to be associated with any process only.

Thanks…

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**Author:** ![ChadTurner](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/chadturner/32/161_2.png) [@ChadTurner](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ChadTurner)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-we-add-random-log-file-from-host-in-monitoring/18788/2 "2020-03-18T12:11:26Z")

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[@Akshay S.](https://answers.dynatrace.com/users/30050/view.html) You can add any log file from a host that has the oneagent installed on, that the oneagent does not detect automatically. The steps on how to do this are defined in this support article.

[https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/log-monitoring/configuration/add-log-files-manually/](https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/log-monitoring/configuration/add-log-files-manually/?_ga=2.69839376.1869004247.1584533288-1840939628.1584533288)