Switch between info/debug logs in tomcat

Question

I want to dynamically switch between info/debug logs in production for my application running on a tomcat instance.

I am observing too many logs flooding our log files, so we ship with info, but if needed switch to debug for debugging. How should I do that in a dynamic fashion?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 08 '14 at 12:16

2

You could do this through JMX. If you are using log4j here is one option to expose a jmx mbean for log4j. Log4j2 provides JMX support out of the box.

answered Dec 08 '14 at 12:16

Andy Dufresne

6,022
7
63
113

Is there a command line option, since i will have to monitor this on a remote Linux EC2 machine. – Rpj Dec 08 '14 at 12:20
1

JConsole - a jmx client can be used to see/monitor the current log level. Through jmx & jconsole you can monitor and change log levels of remotely running java applications. – Andy Dufresne Dec 08 '14 at 12:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

1

I am not sure there is an easy way to change logging levels ar runtime.
Logging levels are configured in tomcat_home/conf/logging.properties.
Supported levels are:

SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, CONFIG, FINE, FINER, FINEST or ALL

May be check this out Reload tomcat logging at runtime?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

Community

1
1

answered Dec 08 '14 at 12:06

outdev

5,249
3
21
38

Switch between info/debug logs in tomcat

2 Answers2