# Managing your application logs
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In Application Manager, a component of Amazon Systems Manager, the **Logs** tab displays a list of log groups from Amazon CloudWatch Logs.

**Actions you can perform on this tab**  
You can perform the following actions on this page:
+ Choose a log group name to open it in CloudWatch Logs. You can then choose a log stream to view logs for a resource in the context of an application.
+ Choose **Create log groups** to create a log group in CloudWatch Logs.

**To open the **Logs** tab**

1. Open the Amazon Systems Manager console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Application Manager**.

1. In the **Applications** section, choose a category. If you want to open an application you created manually in Application Manager, choose **Custom applications**.

1. Choose the application in the list. Application Manager opens the **Overview** tab.

1. Choose the **Logs** tab.