Change the location of the server log file

Windows server log file location

To change the location of the pentaho.log file, edit log4j2.xml in /pentaho-server/tomcat/webapps/pentaho/WEB-INF/classes/.

Modify the location as shown in the following sample, using the appropriate path to your installation:

<RollingFile name="PENTAHOFILE" fileName="../logs/pentaho.log" filePattern="../logs/pentaho.log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}">

Linux server log file location

If you are using Linux, the log4j2.xml file is in /pentaho-server/tomcat/webapps/pentaho/WEB-INF/classes/.

Modify the location as shown in the following sample, using the appropriate path to your installation:

<RollingFile name="PENTAHOFILE" fileName="../logs/pentaho.log" filePattern="../logs/pentaho.log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}">