About the System Log

Messages in the System Log include information about server operations as well as requests made to services from the API and through web services.

The System Log records events on a Spectrum Technology Platform server. In a clustered environment, it records events on a node. The system log file is located on a Spectrum Technology Platform server or on any node in a clustered environment in the following location:

SpectrumDirectory\server\logs\spectrum-server.log

The system log contains rows for monitored events. By default, the system log file is a rolling log file with no maximum number of files. Each file is limited to 50 MB in size. Once this limit is reached in the spectrum-server.log file, the file is rolled over to spectrum-server.log.1 and a new spectrum-server.log file becomes the active file. The oldest rollover file has the highest index number.

Note: The log file path name and pattern, maximum file size, and maximum number of files are specified by the FILE appender settings in the logback.xml configuration file. For more information, see Logback configuration file.

To view the system log, see Viewing System Events.You can also view the system log by using a text editor to open the file on the server. In a clustered environment, you can use a text editor to open the file on a specific node.