Debug\Change Log Levels of CAS Crawls

CAS service logs messages for crawls in cas-service.log.

Below are the valid logging levels.

     DEBUG, INFO [Default logging level], WARN, ERROR, FATAL, OFF 

You can easily change logging level for crawls using one of the below methods.

1. Workbench CAS Console.

From endeca Workbench CAS Console you can change log levels of particular crawl. Here no CAS service restart required. 

Select crawler from CAS Console. Then click on advance settings to change log level. Once log level is updated. Click on apply and save. Now run the crawl again.

CAS Crawl Log Configuration

 

2. CAS Log configuration file [Change here will impact all crawls].

<install path>\CAS\workspace\conf path contains property files for logging configuration.

• cas-cmd.log4j.properties
• cas-service-log4j.properties : For crawls modify this file[Change log4j.logger.com.endeca.itl=INFO].
• component-manager-cmd.log4j.properties
• recordstore-cmd.log4j.properties

After change in configuration file you need to restart the CAS service.

Log files location : <install path>\CAS\workspace\logs

Log Rolling : CAS Service log rolls once it exceeds a size of 100MB, and the CAS Service keeps 10 backups of its log.This is also configurable.

Note : If you delete the log file, the Endeca CAS Service recreates the log only when you restart the service.