Configure Logging for the MashZone NextGen Server
The
MashZone NextGen Server log,
prestoserver.log, logs all exceptions from startup through shutdown. See
MashZone NextGen
Logging for links to additional types of logging you can use with
MashZone NextGen.
Note: For clustered environments, updating logging configuration affects logging only for the MashZone NextGen Server where you are currently logged in. Generally, this is the behavior you want.
To change logging for all MashZone NextGen Servers in the cluster, update logging configuration for one server and copy the updated MashZoneNG-install/apache-tomcat/conf/log4j.properties file to each of the other MashZone NextGen Servers in the cluster. You do not need to restart MashZone NextGen Servers.
To configure basic logging for the server
1. Click 
Admin Console in the MashZone NextGen Hub main menu. 2. Expand the Audits and Logs section and click Server Log.
3. Edit any of the following properties:
Root Log Warning = the general logging level to use, such as
ERROR. All exceptions for that level and above will be logged, so this contributes directly to how quickly logs may grow.
DEBUG is the most verbose logging level.
Log file path = both the folder where the log files for the
MashZone NextGen Server should be saved and the name to use for log files. This defaults to
tomcat-install/logs/prestoserver.log.
You can use an absolute path or a relative path. Relative paths are relative to the web-apps-home folder.
Maximum log file size = maximum size for a log file. Once a file has reached this size is it saved as a numbered backup, such as
prestoserver.log.1 and a new log file is started.
Data nucleus logging level = This property should only be changed when requested by
MashZone NextGen technical support to help debug specific issues. It is the logging level to use in the data mapping layer for
MashZone NextGen.
HTTP client logging level = This property should only be changed when requested by
MashZone NextGen technical support to help debug specific issues. It is the logging level to use for requests/responses between the
MashZone NextGen Server and mashable information sources.
NET SF logging level = This property should only be changed when requested by
MashZone NextGen technical support to help debug specific issues. It is the logging level to use for JSON serialization and deserialization.
ACEGI security logging level = This property should only be changed when requested by
MashZone NextGen technical support to help debug specific issues. It is the logging level to use with the
MashZone NextGen security layer.
Apache logging level = This property should only be changed when requested by
MashZone NextGen technical support to help debug specific issues. It is the logging level to use with many of the third party libraries used in
MashZone NextGen.
Spring framework logging level = This property should only be changed when requested by
MashZone NextGen technical support to help debug specific issues. It is the logging level to use for server initialization, shutdown and the request/response pipeline for the
MashZone NextGen Server.
4. If desired, click Advanced Options to set any of these properties:
Log class for normal logging = the java class that handles appending log entries to the log file. This defaults to
org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.
Layout class for normal logging = the Java class that handles the layout pattern for entries to log files. This defaults to
org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout.
Layout pattern for normal logging = the expression defining the pattern for entries to the log file. This defaults to
%d %p [%c - %m%n
Maximum normal log file backups = how many log backups are kept. This defaults to seven.
The advanced properties are defined by Log4J, the underlying logging framework for
MashZone NextGen. For more information, see
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.25. Click Save log settings.
This change becomes effective automatically within 60 seconds.