AWS Logs Output

I am set up on AWS with a ubuntu instance and apache server. I want to debug my programs by sending output to the aws ssh command line interface on my local terminal. I would assume I would use the "console.log("hello world")" command in the java script in my html.

Alternatively there is a console.log file somewhere, which I can then use something like "tail -f console.log".

Any other standard debugging methods ideas are welcome. A bit frustrating because this ought to be pretty straightforward.

For starters, if I could send any output to my terminal from any method that would be progress.

Thanks.