User Guide

Debugging & Logging section 31
Logging Settings page
You use the Logging Settings page of the Administrator to change ColdFusion MX logging
options. The following table describes the settings:
* 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:
Setting Description
Log directory* Directory to which error log files are written.
Maximum file size (kb) Set the maximum file size for log files. Once a file hits this size, it will be
automatically archived.
Maximum number of
archives
Set the maximum number of log archives to create. After reaching this limit,
files will be deleted in order of oldest to newest.
Log slow pages taking
longer than [n]
seconds
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 all CORBA calls.
Enable logging for
scheduled tasks
Log ColdFusion Executive task scheduling.
Log Description
rdservice.log Records errors occurring in the ColdFusion Remote Development Services
(RDS). This service provides remote HTTP-based access to files and
databases.
application.log 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.
webserver.log Records errors that occur in the web server and the ColdFusion MX stub.
exceptions.log Records stacktraces for exceptions that occur in the server.
scheduler.log 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.
server.log Records errors for ColdFusion MX.
customtag.log Records errors generated in custom tag processing.