How to enable log4net internal debugging to track down log4net problems in TIBCO Spotfire Web Player 7.0 and lower.
Article ID: KB0074616
Updated On:
| Products | Versions |
|---|---|
| Spotfire Web Player | 7.0 and lower |
Description
If you have enabled logging to a database instead of a log file and nothing is being logged in the database, you can enable internal debug logging of log4net to see if any error messages are logged.
Note: this article contains instructions for how to do this for TIBCO Spotfire Web Player 7.0 or lower. For instructions that are applicable to version 7.5 and higher, refer to the knowledge base article https://support.tibco.com/s/article/How-to-enable-internal-log4net-debug-logging instead.
Note: this article contains instructions for how to do this for TIBCO Spotfire Web Player 7.0 or lower. For instructions that are applicable to version 7.5 and higher, refer to the knowledge base article https://support.tibco.com/s/article/How-to-enable-internal-log4net-debug-logging instead.
Issue/Introduction
How to enable log4net internal debugging to track down log4net problems.
Environment
All
Resolution
1).Open the web players web.config(default path is "C:\Program Files\TIBCO\Spotfire Web Player\x.x.x\webroot").
2). Search for "<appSettings>" and add "<add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/>" between "<appSettings>" and "</appSettings>" so it resembles the following:
<appSettings>
<add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
3). If you cannot find "<appSettings>" in web.config, then add the following between the "<configuration>" and "</configuration>" tags so it looks something like:
2). Search for "<appSettings>" and add "<add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/>" between "<appSettings>" and "</appSettings>" so it resembles the following:
<appSettings>
<add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
3). If you cannot find "<appSettings>" in web.config, then add the following between the "<configuration>" and "</configuration>" tags so it looks something like:
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>
4). Just beneath "</appSettings>" add the following but change the value of "initializeData" to where you'd like to save the log file:
<system.diagnostics>
<trace autoflush="true">
<listeners>
<add
name="textWriterTraceListener"
type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener"
initializeData="C:\Program Files\TIBCO\Spotfire Web Player\x.x.x\Logfiles\log4netlog.txt" />
</listeners>
</trace>
</system.diagnostics>
5). Save the web.config file and restart IIS to enable the changes.
Additional Information
- Apache log4net™ Frequently Asked Questions, the chapter "How do I enable log4net internal debugging?"
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