Fuse MQ Enterprise - Managing and Monitoring a Broker

Viewing the Log

Overview

There are three ways you can view the log:

using a text editor
using the broker's, or a remote broker's, console
using the administration client

Viewing the log in a text editor

The log files are stored as simple text files in InstallDir/data/log. The main log file is karaf.log. If archiving is turned on, there may be archived log files also stored in the logging directory.

Log entries are listed in chronological order with the oldest entries first. The default output displays the following information:

the time of the entry
the log level of the entry
the thread that generated the entry
the bundle that generated the entry
an informational message about the cause of the entry

Viewing the log with the console

The Fuse MQ Enterprise console provides the following commands for viewing the log:

log:display—displays the most recent log entries
By default, the number of entries returned and the pattern of the output depends on the size and pattern properties in the org.apache.karaf.log.cfg file. You can override these using the -p and -d arguments.
log:display-exception—displays the most recently logged exception
log:tail—continuously display log entries

For more information on using these commands see Log Console Commands in Console Reference.

Viewing the log with the administration client

If you do not have a broker running in console mode, you can also use the administration client to invoke the broker's log displaying commands. For example, entering client log:display into a system terminal will display the most recent log entries for the local broker.

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