System Logging

The TIBCO ActiveMatrix platform supports a flexible logging architecture that enables runtime objects to log events to various types of destinations.

The TIBCO ActiveMatrix logging environment is depicted in TIBCO ActiveMatrix Logging Architecture.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Logging Architecture

ActiveMatrix Service Grid runtime objects—hosts, nodes, and applications—use log4j technology to output log statements to a variety of output targets. In log4j, a target is called an appender. ActiveMatrix Service Grid supports the following logging appender types:

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In log4j, a logger associates a runtime object with an appender, specifies the types of events to be logged, and whether to pass messages to a parent logger. In the Administrator web interface, a logger is referred to as a logging configuration.

A TIBCO ActiveMatrix logging environment involves the following participants:

  • Log event generator A ActiveMatrix Service Grid runtime object that generates log events. You specify the appender to which runtime objects send log events in a logging configuration.
  • Log event queue A JMS queue to which log event generators can send events.