diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/log_console_output-dae6b8740b5a5821.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/log_console_output-dae6b8740b5a5821.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2779b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/log_console_output-dae6b8740b5a5821.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added public interface log_console_output().
+    It used to be a private method with name _log_console_output().
+    Since this interface is meant to be used by tempest plugins,
+    It doesn't neccessarily require to be private api.
+
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/manager.py b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
index acc563a..8866a22 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@
         LOG.debug("image:%s", image['id'])
         return image['id']
 
-    def _log_console_output(self, servers=None, client=None, **kwargs):
+    def log_console_output(self, servers=None, client=None, **kwargs):
         """Console log output"""
         if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.console_output:
             LOG.debug('Console output not supported, cannot log')
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@
                       'result': 'expected' if result else 'unexpected'
                   })
         if server:
-            self._log_console_output([server])
+            self.log_console_output([server])
         return result
 
     def check_vm_connectivity(self, ip_address,
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@
                                                should_connect=should_connect)
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.exception('Tenant network connectivity check failed')
-            self._log_console_output(servers_for_debug)
+            self.log_console_output(servers_for_debug)
             self._log_net_info(e)
             raise
 
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@
                 % (dest, source_host)
         else:
             msg = "%s is reachable from %s" % (dest, source_host)
-        self._log_console_output()
+        self.log_console_output()
         self.fail(msg)
 
     def _create_security_group(self, security_group_rules_client=None,
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_network_v6.py b/tempest/scenario/test_network_v6.py
index 14f24c7..9be28c4 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_network_v6.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_network_v6.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
                     guest_has_address,
                     CONF.validation.ping_timeout, 1, ssh, ip)
                 if not result:
-                    self._log_console_output(servers=[srv])
+                    self.log_console_output(servers=[srv])
                     self.fail(
                         'Address %s not configured for instance %s, '
                         'ip address output is\n%s' %
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
index 3fc93e4..03a4a39 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
@@ -464,9 +464,9 @@
     def _log_console_output_for_all_tenants(self):
         for tenant in self.tenants.values():
             client = tenant.manager.servers_client
-            self._log_console_output(servers=tenant.servers, client=client)
+            self.log_console_output(servers=tenant.servers, client=client)
             if tenant.access_point is not None:
-                self._log_console_output(
+                self.log_console_output(
                     servers=[tenant.access_point], client=client)
 
     def _create_protocol_ruleset(self, protocol, port=80):