Logging Directives

CustomLog

Description	Define the location of the access log and its format.
Synopsis	CustomLog path format
Context	Default Server
Example	CustomLog access.log "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b"

The CustomLog directive configures an access log that Appweb uses to log all successful HTTP requests. The path may be an absolute filename or it may be relative to the ServerRoot.

The format string argument defines how Appweb will record HTTP accesses to the access log. The following log format specifiers are supported:

Format Specifier	Description
%%	Percent sign
%a	Remove IP address
%b	Bytes written back to the browser including HTTP headers. If zero bytes, a '-' is written.
%B	Bytes written excluding HTTP headers.
%h	Remote host
%l	Remote log name if supplied
%O	Bytes written including headers. If zero bytes, '0' is written.
%r	First line of the request
%s	Request HTTP status code.
%t	Time
%u	Remote user name
%{header}i	Content of request header called "header"
%>s	Response code. Same as %s.

ErrorLog

Description	Defines the path and format of the Appweb error and trace log
Synopsis	ErrorLog logSpec
Context	Default Server
Example	ErrorLog error.log

The ErrorLog directive defines the path to the Appweb error log and controls what is written to the log. A general overview of using log files is discussed in the Adminstration section on Log Files.

The logSpec argument has the following format:

pathName[:level][[,moduleName[:level]]...][.maxSize]

The pathName is an absolute or ServerRoot relative path. The level argument defines a logging verbosity level between 0 and 9 with 9 being the most verbose.

The following levels are generally observed:

Level	Usage
0	Essential messages, fatal errors and critical warnings
1	Hard errors
2	Configuration setup and soft warnings
3	Useful informational messages
4	Debug information
5-9	Increasing levels of internal Appweb trace useful for debugging

ModuleNames are internal Appweb names given to various functional modules. For example: "esp" is the name given to error information from the Embedded Server Pages handler.

The maxSize argument defines how large the log may grow in MB before it is rotated. When rotated, the old log will be renamed with ".old" appended to the pathName. The default size is 5 MB.

If the LogLevel directive is used, it will override the level specified via the ErrorLog directive for general logging. Per-module levels will not be affected.

Examples

To log trace at the level specified by the LogLevel directive to the file named error.log:

ErrorLog error.log

To log messages from "myHandler" at level 9, but log everything else at level 2:

ErrorLog error.log,myHandler:9

LogLevel

Description	Defines the verbosity of messages to the error log
Synopsis	LogLevel errorLevel
Context	Default Server
Example	LogLevel 2

The LogLevel directive defines the amount of information logged to the error log. The errorLevel argument must be a digit between 0 and 9 (inclusive) with 9 being the most verbose level.

Normally a level of 2 is best as it will record the Appweb configuration, denied requests and general errors.