Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Debugging and Troubleshooting

Setting the loggingLevel property

The WSADefault log entry type provides server-related messages for a single WSA instance based on the logging level:

Level 2 (Basic) — Logs processing requests and very severe errors. Use Level 2 in a production environment.
Note: During production, scan the background event counters looking for errors. Raise the logging level to 3 or 4 to evaluate the errors and determine the problem. When the problem is resolved, return the logging level to 2.
Level 3 (Verbose) — Logs general access problems, startup property values, user authorization errors, request IDs, HTTP error responses, and WSDL retrieval errors. Use Level 3 in a development environment.
Level 4 (Extended) — Logs HTTP and SOAP requests and responses. Use Level 4 to debug.

The WSA instance logs error messages in the instance-name.wsa.log file. This file resides in your OpenEdge working directory.

You can set the loggingLevel property using the Progress Explorer, the wsaman utility, or directly editing the ubroker.properties file. This persistent value takes affect when the WSA is started. You can also set a temporary value for the loggingLevel property.

Note: It is not necessary to stop and restart the WSA to change the logging level.