Where can I view Tomcat log files in Eclipse

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Where can I view Tomcat log files in Eclipse   For some reason my Tomcat installation log folder is always empty   BTW  does Tomcat dump to the log file after a while or is it immediate

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Double click and open the server  Go to  Arguments   -Dcatalina base     something  Go to that something  Your logs are there

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royalsampler said      Go to the Servers view in Eclipse then right click on the server and click Open  The log files are stored in a folder realative to the path in the  Server path  field    Since the path field is uneditable  you can also  Open Launch Configuration   click Arguments tab  copy the VM argument for catalina base  within quotes   This is the full path of your WTP webapp directory  Copying the value to the clipboard can save you the laborious task of browsing the file system to the path   Also note you should be seeing the output to the log file in your Console view as you run or debug

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Another forum provided this answer      Ahh  figured this out  The following system properties need to be set  so that the  logging properties  file can be picked up        Assuming that the tomcat is located under an Eclipse project  add the following under the  Arguments  tab of its launch configuration     -Dcatalina base    project loc   lt apache-tomcat-5 5 23 loc gt    -Dcatalina home    project loc   lt apache-tomcat-5 5 23 loc gt    -Djava util logging config file    project loc   lt apache-tomcat-5 5 23 loc gt  conf logging properties   -Djava util logging manager org apache juli ClassLoaderLogManager    http   www coderanch com t 442412 Tomcat Tweaking-tomcat-logging-properties-file

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If you want logs in a separate file other than the console   Double click on the server--  Open Launch Configuration--  Arguments --  add  -Dlog dir    Path where you want to store this file  and restart the server    Tip  Make sure that the server is not running when you are trying to add the argument  You should have log4j or similar logging framework in place

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if you re after the catalina out log and you are using eclispe with tomcat  this works for me    create catelina out some where in your computer  In my case  I put it in logs directory of my tomcat install directory e g   opt apache-tomcat-7 0 83 logs catena out go to your eclipse  in the servers tab  double-click on the Tomcat Server  You will get a screen called Overview  Click on  Open launch configuration   Then click on the  Common  tab  At standard input and output section  check  output file   click on file system and then selected the folder where your create your catelina out  Finally  restart the Tomcat server

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Go to the  Server  view  then double-click the Tomcat server you re running  The access log files are stored relative to the path in the  Server path  field  which itself is relative to the workspace path

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Looks like the logs are scattered  I found access logs under  lt ProjectLocation gt   metadata  plugins org eclipse wst server core tmp0 logs

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I m not sure if you were after catalina out or one of the other logs produced by Tomcat   But  if you re after the catalina out log file then follow the directions below    In the servers tab  double-click on the Tomcat Server  You will get a screen called Overview  Click on  Open launch configuration   Click on the  Common  tab  Towards the bottom of the screen you can check the  File  checkbox and then specify a file that can be used to log your console  catalina out  output  Finally  restart the Tomcat server

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