How to enable internal log4net debug logging Spotfire Web Player

Created
October 08, 2021 23:29

Date Posted: 2017-05-12
Product: TIBCO Spotfire®

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How to enable internal log4net debug logging in Spotfire Web Player

1). Follow the instructions in section the Spotfire Server documentation to export the default service configuration. Example for version 7.6: https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/7.6.0/doc/html/TIB_sfire_server_tsas_admin_help/GUID-D6B0AF26-4931-4FDE-9E7F-A487376402C7.html.

2). Edit the Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config file. Below the tag </applicationSettings> add the following (if not already present):

  <system.diagnostics>
    <trace autoflush="true">
      <listeners>
        <add
            name="textWriterTraceListener"
            type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener"
            initializeData="C:\temp\logs\log4net.txt" />  <!-- Use a path that exists -->
      </listeners>
    </trace>
  </system.diagnostics>

  <appSettings>
    <!-- Do not edit these settings if you are not really sure what you are doing!
         To enable log4net debug logging, set Quiet=false and Debug=true -->
    <add key="log4net.Internal.Quiet" value="false" />
    <add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true" />
  </appSettings>

Make sure to set the initializeData path to where you want the log4net debug log be written to.

3). Import the updated config to a new name (by following follow the instructions in section the Spotfire Server documentation).

4). Go to Nodes & Services and edit all services to use the new configuration. This should automatically restart the service instances.