Logging

EDG uses the slf4j/log4j logging library. As a result, the customer can set the log level, the format of the log, and the log file rotation policy. Most of the EDG log can be viewed on the Server Administration Log page. See View EDG Log. The startup and access logs are maintained by the container (i.e. Tomcat).

To configure the log file size and rotation policy, modify the EDG configuration file <CATALINA_BASE>/webapps/edg/WEB-INF/setupdata/log4j2-base.xml.

To enable logging that may be helpful with debugging startup problems, edit the Tomcat configuration file <CATALINA_BASE>/conf/logging.properties:

  • Add the lines below:

    5edg.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.level = FINE
5edg.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
5edg.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.prefix = edg.
5edg.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.maxDays = 90
5edg.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler.encoding = UTF-8

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/edg].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/edg].handlers = 5edg.org.apache.juli.FileHandler

  • Replace the line with the handlers setting with this line, which should simply add 5edg.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler to the list of handlers:

    handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, 5edg.org.apache.juli.AsyncFileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

Other Settings

If Tomcat is configured with an HTTP connector with SSL support and no exclusion rule, the connector will require some characters to be encoded. This can cause problems with embedded links. Add the following attribute settings to the HTTP connector in the file <CATALINA_BASE>/conf/server.xml:

  • relaxedPathChars="&lt;&gt;"

  • relaxedQueryChars="&lt;&gt;"