About Log Files

Server log files record your server’s activity. You can use these logs to monitor your server and to troubleshoot problems. The error log file, located in the https-server_name/logs/errors directory in the server root directory, lists all the errors encountered by the server. The access log, located in https-server_name/logs/access in the server root directory, records requests to the server and responses from the server. You can configure the information recorded in the Sun Java System Web Server access log file. Use the log analyzer to generate server statistics. Back up server error and access log files by archiving them.

Due to limitations in the operating system, the Sun Java System Web Server does not work with log files larger than 2GB on Linux. When the maximum file size is reached, logging stpos.