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Logging Settings page

You use the Logging Settings page of the Administrator to change ColdFusion MX logging
options. The following table describes the settings:
Setting
Log directory*
Maximum file size (kb) Set the maximum file size for log files. Once a file hits this size, it will be
Maximum number of
archives
Log slow pages taking
longer than [n]
seconds
Log all CORBA calls
Enable logging for
scheduled tasks
* Restart ColdFusion MX after changing this setting.

Log Files page

The Log Files page of the Administrator lets you perform operations on log files, such as
searching, viewing, downloading, archiving, and deleting.
Click on a Log File icon, located in the Actions column of the Available Log Files table, to search,
view, download, archive, or delete a log file.
For more information, see the online Help.
The following table describes the ColdFusion MX log files:
Log
rdservice.log
application.log
webserver.log
exceptions.log
scheduler.log
server.log
customtag.log
Description
Directory to which error log files are written.
automatically archived.
Set the maximum number of log archives to create. After reaching this limit,
files will be deleted in order of oldest to newest.
Log the names of pages that take longer than the specified interval to
process. Logging slow pages can help you diagnose potential problems or
bottlenecks in your ColdFusion applications. Entries are written to
server.log.
Log all CORBA calls.
Log ColdFusion Executive task scheduling.
Description
Records errors occurring in the ColdFusion Remote Development Services
(RDS). This service provides remote HTTP-based access to files and
databases.
Records every ColdFusion MX error reported to a user. Application page errors,
including ColdFusion MX syntax, ODBC, and SQL errors are written to the log
file.
Records errors that occur in the web server and the ColdFusion MX stub.
Records stacktraces for exceptions that occur in the server.
Records scheduled events that have been submitted for execution. Indicates
whether task submission was initiated and whether it succeeded. Provides the
scheduled page URL, the date and time executed, and a task ID.
Records errors for ColdFusion MX.
Records errors generated in custom tag processing.
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