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5 Configure Connector Logs
The connectors log processing messages, including exceptions and warnings. Log
messages appear in the
Connector Dashboard and you can download the logs, as
described in Download rich data about the connector .
Messages contain information about thread processing, including:
●
Date stamp--Date and time the message was logged
●
Name-of-thread--The thread that generated the message
●
Last-30-characters-of-method--Code source for connector request
●
Logging level--Filter log messages by level of severity
●
Log-message--Text message for log entry
The following example shows a log message:
06-12 18:20:08.839 background URLConnection.getInputStream() FINE:
sun.net.www.MessageHeader@b20ccbf12 pairs:...
Logging properties file
Log configuration is controlled by the logging.properties file. Each connector
installation procedure in this documentation contains a step for editing
logging.properties
. By editing values in this file, you can configure the following
settings:
● Location of logs
●
Logging level
●
Log file size
●
Number of log files
The following example shows a logging.properties file with default values.
.level=INFO
handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler,java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=com.google.enterprise.adaptor.CustomF
ormatter
java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=logs/adaptor.%g.log
java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit=10485760