Logging

The purpose of this page is to collect sound advice with regards to how to set up logging in large and possibly distributed systems.

Purpose and responsibility

• Debug log

• Error log to trigger actions from operations.
  • Error Handling And Exception Management

• Audit log

See also Logging FAQ.

Implementation

The log implementation should match the requirements for the application, but it is possible to use different implementations for different needs.

• File based logging
• Loghost - centralized logging
• Event based logging - implemented with for example JMS Topics.

Resources

• Log Tools

• The best way to clean things up is to avoid them getting dirty in the first place, by Johannes Brodwall
• Verbose logging will disturb your sleep, by Johannes Brodwall
• The Problem With Logging, by Jeff Atwood
• Best Practice within Java Web Application Development. Was at: http://org.ntnu.no/feta/report.pdf, chap 5.4 and 5.3.

References

• http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/01/10-tips-proper-application-logging.html