Enable Access Logs in JBoss 7
JBoss 7 is slightly different than earlier version JBoss 5 or 6.
The procedure to enable access logs in JBoss 7 is also changed, and you must be familiar with how to enable access logs in JBoss 7.
- Go to JBoss/standalone/configuration folder
- Add the following in
standalone.xmllook for domain:web syntax and ensure to add before closing </virtual-server> tag
<access-log pattern="%a %t %H %p %U %s %S %T" rotate="true">
<directory path="." relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir"/>
</access-log>Ex:
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:web:1.1" default-virtual-server="default-host" native="false">
<connector name="http" protocol="HTTP/1.1" scheme="http" socket-binding="http"/>
<virtual-server name="default-host" enable-welcome-root="true">
<alias name="localhost"/>
<alias name="example.com"/>
<access-log pattern="%a %t %H %p %U %s %S %T" rotate="true">
<directory path="." relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir"/>
</access-log>
</virtual-server>
</subsystem>- Restart JBoss 7 server and verify the access logs under log folder.
You may refer to the following for valve patterns to capture in the access log.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| %a | Remote IP address |
| %A | Local IP address |
| %b | Bytes sent, excluding HTTP headers, or ‘-‘ if zero |
| %B | Bytes sent, excluding HTTP headers |
| %h | Remote hostname (or IP address if resolveHostsis false) |
| %H | Request protocol |
| %l | Remote logical username from identd (always returns ‘-‘) |
| %m | Request method (GET, POST, etc.) |
| %p | Local port on which this request was received |
| %q | Query string (prepended with a ‘?’ if it exists) |
| %r | First line of the request (method and request URI) |
| %s | HTTP status code of the response |
| %S | User session ID |
| %t | Date and time, in Common Log Format |
| %u | Remote user that was authenticated (if any), else ‘-‘ |
| %U | Requested URL path |
| %v | Local server name |
| %D | Time is taken to process the request, in Millis |
| %T | Time is taken to process the request, in seconds |
| %I | current request thread name (can compare later with stack traces) |
I hope now you have an idea how to enable access logs in JBoss for analyzing. Learn more about JBoss here.