Using the Server Log

One way to debug applications is to look at the server log in domain-dir/logs/server.log. The log contains output from the GlassFish Server and your applications. You can log messages from any Java class in your application with System.out.println and the Java Logging APIs (documented at http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/logging/index.html) and from web components with the ServletContext.log method.

If you start the GlassFish Server with the --verbose flag, all logging and debugging output will appear on the terminal window or command prompt and the server log. If you start the GlassFish Server in the background, debugging information is available only in the log. You can view the server log with a text editor or with the Administration Console log viewer.

To Use the Log Viewer

1. Select the GlassFish Server node.

2. Click the View Log Files button.

   The log viewer opens and displays the last 40 entries.

3. To display other entries, follow these steps.

   1. Click the Modify Search button.

   2. Specify any constraints on the entries you want to see.

   3. Click the Search button at the top of the log viewer.