09. Log files - findsorguk/findsorguk GitHub Wiki

The important log files for the system are for apache and tomcat7. The log files should end as .log and not _log for rotation to occur properly.

Apache2

cd /var/log/apache2

The error and access log names were set during your vhost configuration. So to view latest output:

tail -f /var/log/apache2/accessLogName

or

tail -f /var/log/apache2/errorLogName

Tomcat7

cd /var/log/tomcat7

The catalina.out log file is the important one and should rotate according to logrotate configure. You can view the latest output via:

tail -f /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out

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