# How can I use the output of Canton health dump?
**URL:** https://forum.canton.network/t/how-can-i-use-the-output-of-canton-health-dump/6905
**Category:** App Development
**Tags:** canton
**Created:** [October 27, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-can-i-use-the-output-of-canton-health-dump/6905 "2023-10-27T11:30:54Z")
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### Author:  [@gyorgybalazsi](https://forum.canton.network/u/gyorgybalazsi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-can-i-use-the-output-of-canton-health-dump/6905/1 "2023-10-27T11:30:54Z")
The `health.dump()` command on the Canton console produces a zip file, as described here: [Monitoring — Daml SDK 2.7.4 documentation](https://docs.daml.com/canton/usermanual/monitoring.html#health-dumps)
According to the docs, the zip contains the following information:
- The configuration you are using, with all sensitive data stripped from it (no passwords).
- An extract of the log file. Sensitive data is not logged into log files.
- A current snapshot on Canton metrics.
- A stacktrace for each running thread.
How can I use this zip file? If I unzip it, I get a file without extension, like `local-13183906135862358075`.
It’s not a text file, how can I extract the information from it?
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### Author:  [@cocreature](https://forum.canton.network/u/cocreature)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-can-i-use-the-output-of-canton-health-dump/6905/2 "2023-10-27T15:29:39Z")
It seems to be another zip file. If you unzip that you then get some readable stuff like log files (`file` is pretty useful on unix to figure out this kind of stuff).
Not quite sure why it zips things twice. That said, this is also not really intended as a format used internally but just as a convenient way to produce the info you should include when you report issues.
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### Author:  [@gyorgybalazsi](https://forum.canton.network/u/gyorgybalazsi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-can-i-use-the-output-of-canton-health-dump/6905/3 "2023-10-27T15:50:23Z")
Yes, thank you!