Configure filecopy collection log level

Background

This article provides the steps required to set the log level for a filecopy collection.

Funnelback 15+

Copy $SEARCH_HOME/conf/log4j2.xml.default to $SEARCH_HOME/conf/<collection>/log4j2.xml

Edit the file and update the line below to the desired level.

<Logger name="com.funnelback" level="info"/>

<!-- eg. increase to debug level: -->
<Logger name="com.funnelback" level="debug"/>

Save the file and start and update observing debug messages now appear in the filecopier.log

Funnelback 14.2 and earlier

Copy $SEARCH_HOME/conf/log4j.properties.default to $SEARCH_HOME/conf/<collection>/log4j.properties

Edit the file and update the line below to the desired level.

log4j.logger.com.funnelback=INFO, gather_log

#change to set the level as debug
log4j.logger.com.funnelback=DEBUG, gather_log

Save the file and start and update observing debug messages now appear in the filecopier.log