[[Logging]]
= Logging Subsystem

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[abstract]
--
The overall server logging configuration is represented by the `logging`
subsystem. It consists of four notable parts: `handler` configurations,
`logger` and the `root logger` declarations (aka log categories) and
logging profiles. Each logger references a handler (or set of
handlers). Each handler declares the log format and output.
--

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The WildFly Model Reference provides a complete description of the link:feature-pack/doc/reference/subsystem/logging/index.html[/subsystem=logging model reference].

Here is an example of the `logging` subsystem XML configuration:

[source,xml,options="nowrap"]
----
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:logging:3.0">
   <console-handler name="CONSOLE" autoflush="true">
       <level name="DEBUG"/>
       <formatter>
           <named-formatter name="COLOR-PATTERN"/>
       </formatter>
   </console-handler>
   <periodic-rotating-file-handler name="FILE" autoflush="true">
       <formatter>
           <named-formatter name="PATTERN"/>
       </formatter>
       <file relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir" path="server.log"/>
       <suffix value=".yyyy-MM-dd"/>
   </periodic-rotating-file-handler>
   <logger category="com.arjuna">
       <level name="WARN"/>
   </logger>
   [...]
   <root-logger>
       <level name="DEBUG"/>
       <handlers>
           <handler name="CONSOLE"/>
           <handler name="FILE"/>
       </handlers>
   </root-logger>
   <formatter name="PATTERN">
       <pattern-formatter pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n"/>
   </formatter>
   <formatter name="COLOR-PATTERN">
       <pattern-formatter pattern="%K{level}%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c] (%t) %s%e%n"/>
   </formatter>
</subsystem>
----

[[logging-attributes]]
== Attributes

The root resource contains two notable attributes
`add-logging-api-dependencies` and `use-deployment-logging-config`.

[[add-logging-api-dependencies]]
=== add-logging-api-dependencies

The `add-logging-api-dependencies` controls whether or not the container
adds
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logging API dependencies to your deployments. If set to `true`, the
default, all the implicit logging API dependencies are added. If set to
`false` the dependencies are not added to your deployments.

[[use-deployment-logging-config]]
=== use-deployment-logging-config

The `use-deployment-logging-config` controls whether or not your
deployment is scanned for
<<per-deployment-logging,per-deployment
logging>>. If set to `true`, the default,
<<per-deployment-logging,per-deployment
logging>> is enabled. Set to `false` to disable this feature.

[[per-deployment-logging]]
== Per-deployment Logging

Per-deployment logging allows you to add a logging configuration file to
your deployment and have the logging for that deployment configured
according to the configuration file. In an EAR the configuration should
be in the `META-INF` directory. In a WAR or JAR deployment the
configuration file can be in either the `META-INF` or `WEB-INF/classes`
directories.

The following configuration files are allowed:

* logging.properties
* jboss-logging.properties

You can also disable this functionality by changing the
`use-deployment-logging-config` attribute to `false`.

[[logging-profiles]]
== Logging Profiles

Logging profiles are like additional logging subsystems. Each logging
profile constists of three of the four notable parts listed above:
`handler` configurations, `logger` and the `root logger` declarations.

You can assign a logging profile to a deployment via the deployments
manifest. Add a `Logging-Profile` entry to the `MANIFEST.MF` file with a
value of the logging profile id. For example a logging profile defined
on `/subsystem=logging/logging-profile=ejbs` the MANIFEST.MF would look
like:

....
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Logging-Profile: ejbs
....

A logging profile can be assigned to any number of deployments. Using a
logging profile also allows for runtime changes to the configuration.
This is an advantage over the per-deployment logging configuration as
the redeploy is not required for logging changes to take affect.

[[default-log-file-locations]]
== Default Log File Locations

[[logging-managed-domain]]
=== Managed Domain

In a managed domain two types of log files do exist: Controller and
server logs. The controller components govern the domain as whole. It's
their responsibility to start/stop server instances and execute managed
operations throughout the domain. Server logs contain the logging
information for a particular server instance. They are co-located with
the host the server is running on.

For the sake of simplicity we look at the default setup for managed
domain. In this case, both the domain controller components and the
servers are located on the same host:

[cols=",",options="header"]
|============================================================
|Process |Log File
|Host Controller |./domain/log/host-controller.log
|Process Controller |./domain/log/process-controller.log
|"Server One" |./domain/servers/server-one/log/server.log
|"Server Two" |./domain/servers/server-two/log/server.log
|"Server Three" |./domain/servers/server-three/log/server.log
|============================================================

[[logging-standalone-server]]
=== Standalone Server

The default log files for a standalone server can be found in the log
subdirectory of the distribution:

[cols=",",options="header"]
|===================================
|Process |Log File
|Server |./standalone/log/server.log
|===================================

[[list-log-files-and-reading-log-files]]
== List Log Files and Reading Log Files

Log files can be listed and viewed via management operations. The log
files allowed to be viewed are intentionally limited to files that exist
in the `jboss.server.log.dir` and are associated with a known file
handler. Known file handler types include `file-handler`,
`periodic-rotating-file-handler` and `size-rotating-file-handler`. The
operations are valid in both standalone and domain modes.

[[list-log-files]]
=== List Log Files

The `logging` subsystem has a `log-file` resource off the subsystem root
resource and off each `logging-profile` resource to list each log file.

.CLI command and output

[source,options="nowrap"]
----
[standalone@localhost:9990 /] /subsystem=logging:read-children-names(child-type=log-file)
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "result" => [
        "server.log",
        "server.log.2014-02-12",
        "server.log.2014-02-13"
    ]
}
----

[[read-log-file]]
=== Read Log File

The `read-log-file` operation is available on each `log-file` resource.
This operation has 4 optional parameters.

[cols=",",options="header"]
|=======================================================================
|Name |Description

|encoding |the encoding the file should be read in

|lines |the number of lines from the file. A value of -1 indicates all
lines should be read.

|skip |the number of lines to skip before reading.

|tail |true to read from the end of the file up or false to read top
down.
|=======================================================================

.CLI command and output

[source,options="nowrap"]
----
[standalone@localhost:9990 /] /subsystem=logging/log-file=server.log:read-log-file
{
    "outcome" => "success",
    "result" => [
        "2014-02-14 14:16:48,781 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment.scanner] (MSC service thread 1-11) JBAS015012: Started FileSystemDeploymentService for directory /home/jperkins/servers/wildfly-8.0.0.Final/standalone/deployments",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:48,782 INFO  [org.jboss.as.connector.subsystems.datasources] (MSC service thread 1-8) JBAS010400: Bound data source [java:jboss/myDs]",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:48,782 INFO  [org.jboss.as.connector.subsystems.datasources] (MSC service thread 1-15) JBAS010400: Bound data source [java:jboss/datasources/ExampleDS]",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:48,786 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-9) JBAS015876: Starting deployment of \"simple-servlet.war\" (runtime-name: \"simple-servlet.war\")",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:48,978 INFO  [org.jboss.ws.common.management] (MSC service thread 1-10) JBWS022052: Starting JBoss Web Services - Stack CXF Server 4.2.3.Final",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:49,160 INFO  [org.wildfly.extension.undertow] (MSC service thread 1-16) JBAS017534: Registered web context: /simple-servlet",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:49,189 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS018559: Deployed \"simple-servlet.war\" (runtime-name : \"simple-servlet.war\")",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:49,224 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015961: Http management interface listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990/management",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:49,224 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015951: Admin console listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990",
        "2014-02-14 14:16:49,225 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015874: WildFly {wildflyVersion}.0.0.Final \"WildFly\" started in 1906ms - Started 258 of 312 services (90 services are lazy, passive or on-demand)"
    ]
}
----

[[faq]]
== FAQ

[[why-is-there-a-logging.properties-file]]
=== Why is there a logging.properties file?

You may have noticed that there is a `logging.properties` file in the
configuration directory. This is logging configuration is used when the
server boots up until the `logging` subsystem kicks in. If the `logging`
subsystem is not included in your configuration, then this would act as
the logging configuration for the entire server.

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The `logging.properties` file is overwritten at boot and with each
change to the `logging` subsystem. Any changes made to the file are not
persisted. Any changes made to the XML configuration or via management
operations will be persisted to the `logging.properties` file and used
on the next boot.


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