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Chainsaw is a free, open source, java-based log viewer tool, mainly intended as a log4j companion.

Chainsaw is a companion application to Log4j written by members of the Log4j development community. Chainsaw can read log files formatted in Log4j's XMLLayout, receive events from remote locations, read events from a DB, or work with JDK 1.4 logging events.

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Apache Chainsaw successor?

It looks like the development on Chainsaw has stopped 4 years ago (last development build dated 2006-03-02)... Anyone knows of a replacement tool providing the same functionality, but with more up to date releases?
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Any good tutorials on lilith (log viewer for Logback)?

I am using slf4j + logback for logging. I am looking for a good event log viewer (like Apache Chainsaw). Logback website mentions Lilith. The lilith website is not only ugly (says so on website homepage!) but also lacks any documentation whatsoever.…
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Why wont my log4net log entries show up in Chainsaw on Windows 7

I'm trying to get log4net to log via udp to chainsaw but its not working on windows 7. My config files are as follows:
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how to configure apache chainsaw for input from multiple devices

I am new to chainsaw and log4j, this is a followup to a previous post. i have some devices that use socket handlers to send records to jigsaw using the following config file:
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How can I view log events remotely using Log4J and Apache Chainsaw?

I have a Java web application that currently uses Log4J for logging. I'd like to use Apache Chainsaw to view and parse the logs remotely. So far, I've had trouble understanding how to setup both the client side (the Chainsaw client) and the server…
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How to start using Chainsaw for Log4j?

I'd like to start using Chainsaw v2. There is almost no information about it. I've found only this , but links cannot be opened, so it isn't clear. I use socketAppender: log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,…
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What is the point of remote events for chainsaw log4j viewer?

http://logging.apache.org/chainsaw/quicktour.html First feature. I completed the tutorial, it simply showed how to visually use the GUI, it didn't go into much detail at all regarding this new feature. The best documentation I have found is…
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Parsing Log4j Layouts from Log Files

Is there any open source tool out there that can read all Layout implementations of Apache Log4j 1.2.x into something meaningful (e.g., Log4j's own LogEvent objects)? So far I haven't found an application (Chainsaw included) that can do that. I am…
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Which Appenders should be used in distributed system? How to configure them?

I am trying to add logging component to distributed system. It is written in AspectJ to avoid chaining current source-code. I use socket appender to send logs, but I'd like to try something more effective. I've heard I should use JMSAppender and…
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How to get log4net to work with Chainsaw on local machine

I would like to use log4net's UdpAppender with Apache Chainsaw to log messages from my ASP.NET web application. I followed instructions on log4net's website, but no Udp packets are sent (firewall is turned off, and I tried to monitor my machine with…
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How do I view logs on my remote server from my chainsaw running on local

In my log4j.properties Define a socket appender that sends messages to the…
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How do I output log messages using log4cplus in a format compatible with Chainsaw

I recently figured out how to output log4cplus messages in a format compatible with LogFactor5 in my C++ application: In my log4cplus.properties file I have the following appender defined: # LogFactor5…
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Opening existing log file in apache chainsaw

is it possible to open an existing log file generated by log4j in my j2ee application using apache chainsaw, without using any special configurations? I am not sure how to do this. Thanks, Ayusman
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Is there a logging plugin for Eclipse with functionality like Apache Chainsaw?

I'm searching for a eclipse plugin that allows me to view log files like Apache Chainsaw does. In addition I'm hoping that such a plugin would allow me to click on a given logging message and automatically jump to the line of source code where the…
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How to open log4j2 logs with Apache Chainsaw

I'm having hard time opening my logs with Apache Chainsaw v2. I wasn't able to succesfully open my logs with zeroconf, neither with default xmllayout. It worked like a charm for me in .net. But in Java it's a nightmare. Main class: import…
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