---
title: "Enable HostEndpoint reporting in flow logs"
description: "Turn on host endpoint reporting in Calico Cloud flow logs to gain visibility into traffic at HostEndpoint interfaces on Kubernetes nodes."
product: "Calico Cloud"
version: "v23.0.1"
section: "Observability"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/observability/elastic/flow/hep"
---

# Enable HostEndpoint reporting in flow logs

## Big picture

Enable Calico Cloud flow logs to report HostEndpoint information.

## Value

Get visibility into the network activity at the HostEndpoint level using Calico Cloud flow logs.

## Before you begin

**Limitations**

- HostEndpoint reporting is only supported on Kubernetes nodes.

## How to

### Enable HostEndpoint reporting

To enable reporting HostEndpoint metadata in flow logs, use the following command:

```text
 kubectl patch felixconfiguration default -p '{"spec":{"flowLogsEnableHostEndpoint":true}}'
```

## Additional resources

- [Protect Kubernetes nodes](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/network-policy/hosts/kubernetes-nodes.md)