CQ Logs

CQ Maintenance

CQ Logs

Overview:

CQ provide standard logging mechanism to log activities going on in system.

Various CQ Logs (CQ5.6):

OOTB CQ Comes with following logs

<installation-path>\crx-quickstart\logs

<installation-path>\crx-quickstart\repository\

Log File Name

revision.log

Description

Revision information for cluster index sync

<installation-path>\crx-quickstart\repository\repository\index

Log File Name

redo.log

Description

If something goes wrong with index creation this log is created which holds redo index information.

This log is not present by default.

Create Custom Log Files:

CQ Also provide a way to create custom log files to debug your application. To do that do following

For example if I have to set debug for package com.day.cq.dam.core

Log into Felix Console: http://<host>:<port>/system/console/configMgr
From "Factory Configurations", create "Apache Sling Logging Writer Configuration"
Set value of "Log File" to "../logs/dam.log"
Click on "Save"
From "Factory Configurations", create "Apache Sling Logging Logger Configuration"
Set value of "Log Level" to "Debug"
Set value of "Log File" to "../logs/dam.log"
Add "Logger" => com.day.cq.dam.core
Click on "Save"

Detail information about creating custom log can be found Here

Information about how to rotate various logs in CQ can be found Here