Configure access logging for internal Web server HTTP transport

 

Overview

To debug potential problems with using the HTTP transport as an internal Web server, use the following access logging capabilities.

 

Procedure

1. Turn access logging on. To turn access logging on, add the following custom property to the HTTP Transport's configuration settings, and set the value to false

   Property name: AccessLogDisable 
   Values: True/False
   Default: Access log is disabled by default
   

   When you are ready to turn access logging off, set the value of the AccessLogDisable property back to true.

2. To specify your own access log file, add the following property to the transport section of the server.xml file:

   Property name: AccessLog 
   Value: <filename>
   Default Value: logs/<server instance>/http_access.log
   

   The default access log file is logs/<server_instance>/http_access.log. Access log entries should have the format

   <hostname or IP> <user agent> [<local time> -<status code>] <thread id> <http request> <status code> <bytecount>
   

   Note: If you are going to be using access logging for multiple HTTP transports in a single HTTP server, make sure you specify a unique filename for the access log file associated with each HTTP transport.

3. Restart the server.

 

Result

If you have enabled access logging, there will be an access log in the location you specified.

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Related Tasks

Configuring error logging for internal Web server HTTP transport

 

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