How to change logging and profiling settings to permanent setting
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Symptoms
Log com.atlassian.confluence.security.login.DefaultLoginManager change to INFO after Confluence restart.
Cause
It's an expected behavior, the changes will be in effect only until you next restart Confluence.
Resolution
For permanent settings you need to configure the logging.properties file
- Shutdown your Confluence
- Go to <CONFLUENCE-INSTALL>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/
Find log4j.properties and open it in a suitable text editor
- Find for the following line:
| log4j.logger.com.atlassian.confluence.security.login.DefaultLoginManager=INFO |
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- Change it to
| log4j.logger.com.atlassian.confluence.security.login.DefaultLoginManager=DEBUG |
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- Save the editing
- Restart Confluence