It may be useful to make the Textbox.io server-side components write to their own log file. This can assist in troubleshooting and make it easier to provide logs as part of a support ticket.
To write the logs to a specific file, you’ll need to perform the following steps:
Step 1. Create a logging configuration XML file
The Textbox.io services use the Logback logging format.
Save the snippet below as logback.xml after replacing {$LOG_LOCATION} with the full path to the destination log file (e.g. /var/log/textboxio_server_components.log).
<configuration>
<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
<encoder>
<pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
</encoder>
</appender>
<appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
<file>{$LOG_LOCATION}</file>
<encoder>
<pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
</encoder>
</appender>
<!-- The name "com.ephox" refers to all the Textbox.io server-side components. -->
<logger name="com.ephox" level="INFO"/>
<root level="INFO">
<appender-ref ref="FILE" />
<!-- If you want logging to go to the container as well uncomment
the following line -->
<!-- <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" /> -->
</root>
</configuration>
Step 2. Pass the configuration file to the Java application server
Assuming you've saved your logback.xml file in /etc/opt/textbox, follow step 4 and step 5 on the Installation and Setup page to set the following JVM system property on your Java application server:
Logging configuration file JVM property
-Dlogback.configurationFile=/etc/opt/textbox/logback.xml