To View a Log File

1. From the NetBeans IDE's main page, in the Services window, under the Servers node, right-click GlassFish V2 application server node and choose View Server Log from the pop—up menu.

   The GlassFish server log opens in the Output window. The activity message value is included in the log. You can use Search to find the log information. Note that some overhead information is hidden.

2. Another alternate method is to view the server log file is in a text editor and see the full information. Navigate to application server installation directory -> domains/domain1 and open the server.log file with the text editor.

   The information provided in the log includes the following points, divided with the vertical bar:

   • Date and time of the entry

   • Log level

   • Manager type

   • Thread