Logging Appenders

TIBCO ActiveMatrix 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.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix supports the following logging appender types: clear text file, Common Base Event (CBE) format file, and JMS. Events logged to a JMS appender are stored in a database.

Logging appenders are defined at the enterprise level and can be referenced by multiple logging configurations. You can create the following types of logging appenders:

  • File Appends events to a log file.
    • Clear Text - the log file is stored in clear text format.
    • CBE - the log file is stored in CBE format.
  • JMS Appends events to a log service instance, which in turn stores the events to a database.

Default Logging Appenders

The default logging configurations use a file logging appender named nodeName_ROOT whose File Path property is configured as listed in Default Logging Appender File Paths.

Default Logging Appender File Paths
Object File Path
SystemHost CONFIG_HOME\tibcohost\Admin-enterpriseName-adminServerName\host\logs\tibcohost.log
Nodes managed by SystemHost CONFIG_HOME\tibcohost\Admin-enterpriseName-adminServerName\nodes\nodeName\logs\nodeName .log
TIBCO Host instance CONFIG_HOME\tibcohost\instanceName\host\logs\tibcohost.log
Nodes managed by a TIBCO Host instance CONFIG_HOME\tibcohost\instanceName\nodes\nodeName\logs\nodeName.log