# Viewing logs, events, and streams in the Amazon RDS console Amazon RDS integrates with AWS services to show information about logs, events, and database activity streams in the RDS console. The **Logs & events** tab for your RDS DB instance shows the following information: + **Amazon CloudWatch alarms** – Shows any metric alarms that you have configured for the DB instance. If you haven't configured alarms, you can create them in the RDS console. For more information, see [Monitoring Amazon RDS metrics with Amazon CloudWatch](monitoring-cloudwatch.md). + **Recent events** – Shows a summary of events (environment changes) for your RDS DB instance . For more information, see [Viewing Amazon RDS events](USER_ListEvents.md). + **Logs** – Shows database log files generated by a DB instance. For more information, see [Monitoring Amazon RDS log files](USER_LogAccess.md). The **Configuration** tab displays information about database activity streams. **To view logs, events, and streams for your DB instance in the RDS console** 1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon RDS console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Databases**. 1. Choose the name of the DB instance that you want to monitor. The database page appears. The following example shows an Oracle database named `orclb`. ![\[Database page with monitoring tab shown\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/images/oracle-with-monitoring-tab.png) 1. Choose **Logs & events**. The Logs & events section appears. ![\[Database page with Logs & events tab shown\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/images/oracle-logs-and-events-subpage.png) 1. Choose **Configuration**. The following example shows the status of the database activity streams for your DB instance. ![\[Enhanced Monitoring\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/images/oracle-das.png)