Configuring logs

Log configuration files

The following files configure logging:

The following video (4:47) demonstrates how you can configure logs in BMC Digital Workplace.

 https://youtu.be/HQXmqoRtsYI

To set the log level

Events are logged in ux.log. To set the log level, perform the following steps:

1. From the BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT server, open the logback.xml file in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat8.0\external-conf.

2. Find the following line for the default logger, and change the level to DEBUG:
   <logger name="com.bmc.bsm" level="INFO">
      <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>

   </logger>
3. Find the following line for the error logger, and change the level to DEBUG:
   <logger name="ERROR" level="INFO" additivity="false">
      <appender-ref ref="ERROR-FILE"/>
   </logger>

4. As needed, set the logging for other components to debug:

   Debug settings

   <!--Optional SQL LOGGER-->
   <if condition='${LOG_SQL_STATEMENTS}'>
      <then>
         <!-- SQL LOGGER -->
         <logger name="SQL" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
           <appender-ref ref="SQL-FILE"/>
         </logger>
      </then>
   </if>
   
   <!--Optional annotated code logger-->
   <if condition='${LOG_ANNOTATED}'>
      <then>
         <logger name="ANNOTATED" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
           <appender-ref ref="ANNOTATED-FILE"/>
         </logger>
      </then>
   </if>
   
   <!--Optional Globalsearch logger-->
   <if condition='${LOG_GLOBALSEARCH}'>
      <then>
         <logger name="com.bmc.bsm.myit.service.globalsearch" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
           <appender-ref ref="GLOBALSEARCH-FILE"/>
         </logger>
      </then>
   </if>
   
   <!--Optional Social logger-->
   <if condition='${LOG_SOCIAL_RESPONSES}'>
      <then>
         <logger name="social.server.debug.logger" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
           <appender-ref ref="SOCIAL-FILE"/>
         </logger>
      </then>
   </if>
   
   <!-- Measure performance -->
   <logger name="instrumentation" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
      <appender-ref ref="PERF-FILE"/>
   </logger>
5. Save the file and restart the Tomcat server.

To configure self-managing logs

The ux.<timeStamp>.part.n.log logs are self-managing according to the settings in logback.xml file.

1. From the BMC Digital Workplace and Smart IT server, open the logback.xml file in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat8.0\external-conf.
2. In the header of the file, modify the following settings:
   • Log file size limit - When the maximum defined log file size is reached, a new log file is created, and the n counter in the log file name is incremented to n+1.
   • Daily or time based rollover
   • Period for number of time-based rollovers
3. Save the file and restart the Tomcat server.

To configure logging history

The ux.log files record history according to the properties defined in the logback.xml file.To configure logging history, perform the following steps:

1. From the MyIT server, open the logback.xml file in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat8.0\external-conf.

2. As needed, configure the following properties to configure the period of time and log file size limit:

   <!-- Period of time. Keep history for number of time based rollovers -->  
   <property name="MAX_HISTORY" value="60"/>
   <!-- Log file size limit -->
   <property name="LOG_FILE_SIZE" value="20MB"/>
3. Save the file and restart the Tomcat server.