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File Based Error Log Publisher

File Based Error Log Publishers publish error messages to the file system.

Parent Component

The File Based Error Log Publisher component inherits from the Error Log Publisher

Relations From this Component

The following components have a direct AGGREGATION relation FROM File Based Error Log Publishers :

Properties

A description of each property follows.


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ append ↓ asynchronous
↓ default-severity ↓ auto-flush
↓ enabled ↓ buffer-size
↓ log-file ↓ java-class
↓ log-file-permissions ↓ queue-size
↓ override-severity ↓ time-interval
↓ retention-policy
↓ rotation-policy

Basic Properties

append

Description
Specifies whether to append to existing log files.
Default Value
true
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

default-severity

Description
Specifies the default severity levels for the logger.
Default Value
error warning
Allowed Values
all - Messages of all severity levels are logged.

debug - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide debugging information triggered during processing.

error - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about errors which may force the server to shut down or operate in a significantly degraded state.

info - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about significant events within the server that are not warnings or errors.

none - No messages of any severity are logged by default. This value is intended to be used in conjunction with the override-severity property to define an error logger that will publish no error message beside the errors of a given category.

notice - The error log severity that is used for the most important informational messages (i.e., information that should almost always be logged but is not associated with a warning or error condition).

warning - The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about warnings triggered during processing.


Multi-valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

enabled

Description
Indicates whether the Log Publisher is enabled for use.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

log-file

Description
The file name to use for the log files generated by the File Based Error Log Publisher .The path to the file is relative to the server root.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A String
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
The File Based Error Log Publisher must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to this setting to take effect
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

log-file-permissions

Description
The UNIX permissions of the log files created by this File Based Error Log Publisher .
Default Value
640
Allowed Values
A valid UNIX mode string. The mode string must contain three digits between zero and seven.
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

override-severity

Description
Specifies the override severity levels for the logger based on the category of the messages.Each override severity level should include the category and the severity levels to log for that category, for example, core=error,info,warning. Valid categories are: core, extensions, protocol, config, log, util, schema, plugin, jeb, backend, tools, task, access-control, admin, sync, version, quicksetup, admin-tool, dsconfig, user-defined. Valid severities are: all, error, info, warning, notice, debug.
Default Value
All messages with the default severity levels are logged.
Allowed Values
A string in the form category=severity1,severity2...
Multi-valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

retention-policy

Description
The retention policy to use for the File Based Error Log Publisher .When multiple policies are used, log files will be cleaned when any of the policy's conditions are met.
Default Value
No retention policy is used and log files will never be cleaned.
Allowed Values
The DN of any Log Retention Policy.
Multi-valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No

rotation-policy

Description
The rotation policy to use for the File Based Error Log Publisher .When multiple policies are used, rotation will occur if any policy's conditions are met.
Default Value
No rotation policy is used and log rotation will not occur.
Allowed Values
The DN of any Log Rotation Policy.
Multi-valued
Yes
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No


Advanced Properties

asynchronous

Description
Indicates whether the File Based Error Log Publisher will publish records asynchronously.
Default Value
false
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No

auto-flush

Description
Specifies whether to flush the writer after every log record.If the asynchronous writes option is used, the writer will be flushed after all the log records in the queue are written.
Default Value
true
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No

buffer-size

Description
Specifies the log file buffer size.
Default Value
64kb
Allowed Values
A positive integer representing a size. Lower value is 1.
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No

java-class

Description
The fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the File Based Error Log Publisher implementation.
Default Value
org.opends.server.loggers.TextErrorLogPublisher
Allowed Values
A java class that implements or extends the class(es) :
org.opends.server.loggers.LogPublisher
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No

queue-size

Description
The maximum number of log records that can be stored in the asynchronous queue.
Default Value
5000
Allowed Values
An integer value. Lower value is 1.
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No

time-interval

Description
Specifies the interval at which to check whether the log files need to be rotated.
Default Value
5s
Allowed Values
A duration Syntax. Lower limit is 1 milliseconds.
Multi-valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No