Spotfire Server logs

The server logs store important diagnostic information about the Spotfire Server. The information can help in troubleshooting and resolving issues.

The Spotfire Server runs by default at a basic logging level. This can be elevated when needed; for instructions, see Changing server and node logging levels.

The most important log is the server.log. This log file stores information about all activities on the server and can be very handy in troubleshooting issues.

If you encounter an issue with Spotfire Server, provide the server logs to Spotfire Support when you enter the support request.

The following log files are available.


Log file	Description
access.log	Provides information about client access and access attempts to the server and files in the library.
actionslogs\actionlog.log	Provides information about user actions.
catalina.<`date`>.log	An Apache Tomcat log file.
commons-daemon.<`date`>.log	An Apache Tomcat procrun log. See https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-daemon/procrun.html for more information.
csp-violations.log	Contains Content Security Policy violation reports.
impex.log	Provides information about Spotfire library imports and exports.
impex.rules.log	Provides information about importing, exporting, and copying scheduled updates and routing rules between computers running Spotfire Server.
isusage.log	Provides information about Information Services usage.
library.log	Provides information about Spotfire Library usage.
localhost.<`date`>.log	An Apache Tomcat log file.
performance.monitoring.log	Spotfire Server performance metrics.
s3request.log	Provides information about Amazon S3 storage.
server-diagnostics.log	Provides diagnostic information about server properties.
server.log	Provides information about all activity on the server except those events recorded in access.log.
sessions.log	Provides information about new sessions and their originating IP-address and user-agent.
sql.log	Provides information about executed SQL queries performed when an information link is executed.
startup.log	Provides information about JAR files loaded on server startup.
tools.log	Information about activity in the configuration tool and on the command line. If you run any configuration commands at the command prompt or use the administration console, this is the log that captures that information.
spotfireserver-`version`-stderr.<`date`>.log	An Apache Tomcat log file.
spotfireserver-`version`-stdout.<`date`>.log	An Apache Tomcat log file.
usage.log	Provides information about client access and access attempts to the server.
user-interface.log	Provides information about errors generated by the server web client.

For more information about other available logs, see the following topics.