WebSphere Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1
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WebSphere Portal Express run-time logs

If tracing is enabled, IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express generates a log file during run time that contains messaages and trace information.

The default run-time log file is:

See the topic on system event logging for details on how to configure logging and for information on the grammar of the "trace string" configuration key.

The following table describes trace loggers for particular situations and problem symptoms. Enabling the trace loggers can slow down WebSphere Portal Express.

Note: The trace strings beginning with com.ibm.wps.* are extensions in the IBM portlet API.

Area of concern When to use Trace string Additional comments
Access Control Enable this tracer if you want permissions for resources to be explained in detail, need to verify the correctness of a permission, or need to isolate a defect in access control. com.ibm.wps.ac.*=all

The traces are easier to evaluate while WebSphere Portal Express usage is low.

Important: Enabling this logger creates very large log files.
Authentication  
com.ibm.wps.engine.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.services.puma.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.puma.*=all:  
com.ibm.wps.sso.*=all:  
com.ibm.wps.services.authentication.*=all
 
Command Use to turn on all command trace loggers. com.ibm.wps.commands.*=all  
Composition Model Enable these messages if you want to get more information on how pages are constructed, need to verify page lists displayed on WebSphere Portal Express for correctness, or need to isolate an error in the WebSphere Portal Express aggregation component.
com.ibm.wps.model.*=all: 
com.ibm.wps.composition.*=all

The traces are easier to evaluate while WebSphere Portal Express usage is low.

Important: Enabling this logger creates very large log files.
Credential Vault  
com.ibm.wps.sso.credentialvault.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.command.credentialvault.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.portletservice.credentialvault.*=all:  
com.ibm.wps.services.credentialvault.*=all:  
com.ibm.portal.portlet.service.credentialvault.*=all
 
Database Deals with generated SQL statements and the internal flow in the WebSphere Portal Express database layer.
com.ibm.wps.datastore.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.services.datastore.*=all
Important: Enabling this logger will create very large log files.
Engine Use to enable all engine trace loggers. com.ibm.wps.engine.*=all  
General   com.ibm.wps.*=all Note: If you want to use general tracing but do not want render times to be displayed for such portlets, selectively disable tracing using the following trace string:

com.ibm.wps.pe.PortletRenderTimeLoggingHelper=info

When general tracing is enabled and parallel portlet rendering is turned on, portlets that are configured to be rendered in parallel will display the render time as part of the portlet content.
Mail Service Use to diagnose problems with the Mail Service.
com.ibm.wps.services.mail.*=all   
 
Mapping URLs Use to diagnose problems with the user-defined mappings of URLs
com.ibm.wps.mappingurl.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.command.mappingurl.*=all
 
Personalization  
com.ibm.websphere.personalization.*=all 
com.ibm.dm.pzn.ui.*=all
When Personalization is installed outside of a WebSphere Portal Express server, Personalization will log using WebSphere Application Server tracing with the same trace strings.
WebSphere Portal Express Search Use to turn on all WebSphere Portal Express Search messages. com.ibm.portal.search=all For detailed information refer to Logging and tracing in Portal Search.
Enable to obtain messages about URLs that are discovered by the crawler but could not be fetched and indexed for different reasons. com.ibm.portal.search.notIndexed=all
Enable to obtain messages about the crawling process. com.ibm.portal.search.crawler=all
Enable to obtain messages about failures that happen during a crawl. com.ibm.portal.search.crawler.failure=all
Enable to obtain messages about the indexing process. com.ibm.portal.search.index=all
Enable to obtain messages about failures that happen during the indexing process. com.ibm.portal.search.index.failure=all
Portlet Container  
com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.*=all:   
org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.Portlet=all  
javax.portlet.Portlet=all
 
Portlet Environment  
com.ibm.wps.pe.ext.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.pe.factory.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.pe.om.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.pe.util.*=all
 
Deployment  
com.ibm.wps.pe.mgr.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.services.deployment.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.command.applications.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.command.portlets.*=all
 
Portlets Use to diagnose problems with portlets.
com.ibm.wps.portlets.*=all:   
org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.PortletLog=all
Enables tracing for all portlets. Therefore, place the suspect portlet on a separate page for testing.
Scripting Interface Use this trace string to diagnose problems with the Portal Scripting Interface, or with application interface scripting, and the execution of such scripts.
com.ibm.wps.scripting.*=all:
The traces are easier to evaluate while WebSphere Portal usage is low. Note: Enabling this logger can create large log files fast.
Selfcare Use to diagnose problems with user registration and profile editing.
com.ibm.wps.services.puma.*=all:   
com.ibm.wps.puma.*=all
Use this logger if there are errors in the sign-up, Edit My Profile, and the Manage Users and Groups portlets.
Services: EventBroker  
com.ibm.wps.services.registry.EventHandlerRegistry=all:   
com.ibm.wps.services.events.*=all
 
Services: Finder Use for debugging the resolution of file names. com.ibm.wps.services.finder.*=all  
Services: Loader Use to trace the dynamic class loading performed by this service. com.ibm.wps.services.ServiceManager=all  
ServicesNaming Use to debug the lookup of objects by the naming service. com.ibm.wps.services.naming.*=all  
ServicesNavigator Use to diagnose problems with parts of page aggregation and display. com.ibm.wps.services.navigator.*=all  
ServicesRegistry Use to view the policies of the internal portlet object caching and watch it reload its content. com.ibm.wps.services.registry.*=all  
Services Use for switching on tracing for all services. com.ibm.wps.services.*=all  
SSO Use to turn on all SSO tracer loggers listed after this trace logger. com.ibm.wps.sso.*=all Use this logger if errors occur when use the Security Vault task on the Security page of the Administration pages.
WSRP administration Use to diagnose problems occurring during the administration of Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) with WebSphere Portal Express.
com.ibm.wps.command.wsrp.*=all:  
com.ibm.wps.wsrp.cmd.*=all
 
WSRP Consumer Use to diagnose problems occurring during the use of WSRP with WebSphere Portal Express as a Consumer. com.ibm.wps.wsrp.consumer.*=all  
WSRP Producer Use to diagnose problems occurring during the use of WSRP with WebSphere Portal Express as a Producer. com.ibm.wps.wsrp.producer.*=all  
XML configuration interface Use to diagnose problems with the XML import/export of WebSphere Portal Express configurations. com.ibm.wps.command.xml.*=all  
Parent topic: Logging and tracing
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