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Modify the LoggerConfig.properties File

On the Policy Server, the LoggerConfig.properties file allows you to specify logging features that are used when you start the SiteMinder service from a command line. The properties contained in this file are not used when the service is started from the Policy Server Management Console. The settings in this file are generally only used for debugging purposes.

You may want to modify this file to obtain more output for debugging purposes.

The following shows an example of a LoggerConfig.properties file.

// LoggingOn can be Y, N
LoggingOn=Y

// LogLevel can be one of LOG_LEVEL_NONE, LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
LOG_LEVEL_INFO, LOG_LEVEL_TRACE
LogLevel=LOG_LEVEL_TRACE

// If LogFileName is set Log output will go to the file named
LogFileName=affwebserv.log

// AppendLog can be Y, N.  Y means append output to LogFileName if
specified
AppendLog=Y

// AlwaysWriteToSystemStreams can be Y, N.  
// Y means log messages are written to System.out
// or System.err regardless of what the logger streams are
// set to.  If the logger streams are set to System.out
// or System.err log messages will be written multiple times.
// This facilitates logging messages to System.out/System.err
// and a file simultaneously.
AlwaysWriteToSystemStreams=N

// DateFormatPattern can be any valid input to java.text.DateFormat
constructor.
// See the Java documentation for java.text.DateFormat for details
// If not specified, the default format for the default locale is used
DateFormatPattern=MMMM d, yyyy h:mm:ss.S a

The settings in this file are:

• LoggingOn

  Enables or disables logging. Set this parameter to Y to enable logging. Set this parameter to N to disable logging.

• LogLevel

  Indicates the level of detail contained in logs. The LogLevel can be one of the following:

  • LOG_LEVEL_NONE

    No messages will be logged.

  • LOG_LEVEL_ERROR

    Only records error messages.

  • LOG_LEVEL_INFO

    Records error messages and warnings.

  • LOG_LEVEL_TRACE

    Records error messages, warnings, and general processing information that may be useful for tracking problems.

• LogFileName

  If LogFileName is set, all log output will go to the file named in this parameter.

• AppendLog

  Indicates whether log information should be appended to an existing file at startup or a new file should be created at startup. Set this parameter to Y to append output to the file specified in the LogFileName parameter. Set this file to N if a new file should be created at startup.

• AlwaysWriteToSystemStreams

  Set this parameter to Y to log messages to System.out or System.err regardless of what the logger streams are set to. If the logger streams are set to System.out or System.err, log messages will be written multiple times. This facilitates logging messages to System.out/System.err and a file simultaneously.

• DateFormatPattern

  DateFormatPattern can be any valid input to java.text.DateFormat constructor. See the Java documentation for java.text.DateFormat for details.

  If not specified, the default format for the default locale is used.