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adminserver.ini

The adminserver.ini file contains the parameters to set the Administration Console log information.

Logging Configurations

The following table lists the log file information that is used by Administration Console. The common log-level values that can be set in this file are:

Book: See CA RiskMinder Administration Guide for more information about the log levels.

Parameter

Default Value

Description

log4j.rootCategory

ERROR, roothandle

 

Important! roothandle is the name of the Administration Console log handle and must be specified.

The root logger that resides at the top of the logger hierarchy. All children loggers inherit this value, if no value is specified.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.euds

INFO

The log level for writing the User Data Service (UDS) information.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.admin

INFO

The log level that must be used to write the Administration Console logs.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.admin.
framework

INFO

The log level that must be used to write the Administration Console Framework logs.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.adminconsole

INFO

The log level that must be used to write the Administration Console logs.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.common.cache

INFO

The log level for writing the cache-related information.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.common.crypto

INFO

The log level for writing the information related to HSM.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.crypto.impl.
SecureStoreUtil

INFO

The log level that must be used to write the logs, if you are using a hardware-based or software-based HSM.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.common.
database

INFO

The log level that must be used to write the database information.

log4j.logger.com.
arcot.common.ldap

INFO

The log level that must be used to write the LDAP information.

log4j.appender.roothandle

org.apache.log4j.
RollingFileAppender

The root logger that resides at the top of the logger hierarchy. All children loggers inherit this value, if no value is specified.

log4j.appender.
roothandle.Encoding

UTF-8

The encoding to use when writing the entries in the log file.

log4j.appender.
roothandle.File

${arcot.home} /logs/arcotadmin.log

The log file name and the location where the Administration Console logs will be created.

By default, the Administration Console log file name is arcotadmin.log and is created in the following location:

<install_location>\Arcot Systems\logs\

log4j.appender.roothandle.MaxFileSize

10 MB

The maximum allowed file size of the log file.

log4j.appender.
roothandle.
MaxBackupIndex

100

The maximum number of backup files that can be created.

When the number of backup files reaches this number, then the application starts to overwrite from the first log file.

log4j.appender.
roothandle.layout

org.apache.log4j.
PatternLayout

The output format, as specified by ConversionPattern.

log4j.appender.
roothandle.layout.
ConversionPattern

%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS z} : [%t] : %-5p : %-5c{3} : %m%n

The format in which the Administration Console log file entries are written:

  • Time Stamp (%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS z} :)
  • Thread ID ([%t] :)
  • Log Level (or Severity) (%-5p :)
  • Logger Class (%-5c{3} :)
  • Message (%m%n)

    Note: This pattern is similar to the C language printf function.