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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.
azure.blob.Storage.request.log Provides information about Azure blob storage.
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.
google.cloud.storage.request.log Provides information about Google Cloud storage.
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.