Log File (logfile)

The logfile endpoint provides access to the contents of the application’s log file.

Retrieving the Log File

To retrieve the log file, make a GET request to /actuator/logfile, as shown in the following curl-based example:

$ curl 'http://localhost:8080/actuator/logfile' -i -X GET

The resulting response is similar to the following:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 4707

  .   ____          _            __ _ _
 /\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __  __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
 \\/  ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| |  ) ) ) )
  '  |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
 =========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
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2017-08-08 17:12:30.952  INFO 19866 --- [           main] ConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.AnnotationConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext@76b10754: startup date [Tue Aug 08 17:12:30 BST 2017]; root of context hierarchy
2017-08-08 17:12:31.878  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.s.b.w.embedded.tomcat.TomcatWebServer  : Tomcat initialized with port 8080 (http)
2017-08-08 17:12:31.889  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService   : Starting service [Tomcat]
2017-08-08 17:12:31.890  INFO 19866 --- [           main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine  : Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.5.16
2017-08-08 17:12:31.978  INFO 19866 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/]       : Initializing Spring embedded WebApplicationContext
2017-08-08 17:12:31.978  INFO 19866 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.web.context.ContextLoader            : Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 1028 ms
2017-08-08 17:12:32.080  INFO 19866 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.ServletRegistrationBean  : Mapping servlet: 'dispatcherServlet' to [/]
2017-08-08 17:12:32.084  INFO 19866 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean   : Mapping filter: 'characterEncodingFilter' to: [/*]
2017-08-08 17:12:32.084  INFO 19866 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean   : Mapping filter: 'hiddenHttpMethodFilter' to: [/*]
2017-08-08 17:12:32.084  INFO 19866 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean   : Mapping filter: 'httpPutFormContentFilter' to: [/*]
2017-08-08 17:12:32.084  INFO 19866 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean   : Mapping filter: 'requestContextFilter' to: [/*]
2017-08-08 17:12:32.349  INFO 19866 --- [           main] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter : Looking for @ControllerAdvice: org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.AnnotationConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext@76b10754: startup date [Tue Aug 08 17:12:30 BST 2017]; root of context hierarchy
2017-08-08 17:12:32.420  INFO 19866 --- [           main] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/error]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Object>> org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.error.BasicErrorController.error(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)
2017-08-08 17:12:32.421  INFO 19866 --- [           main] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/error],produces=[text/html]}" onto public org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.error.BasicErrorController.errorHtml(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest,jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse)
2017-08-08 17:12:32.444  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping  : Mapped URL path [/webjars/**] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler]
2017-08-08 17:12:32.444  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping  : Mapped URL path [/**] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler]
2017-08-08 17:12:32.471  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping  : Mapped URL path [/**/favicon.ico] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler]
2017-08-08 17:12:32.600  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.s.w.s.v.f.FreeMarkerConfigurer         : ClassTemplateLoader for Spring macros added to FreeMarker configuration
2017-08-08 17:12:32.681  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.s.j.e.a.AnnotationMBeanExporter        : Registering beans for JMX exposure on startup
2017-08-08 17:12:32.744  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.s.b.w.embedded.tomcat.TomcatWebServer  : Tomcat started on port 8080 (http)
2017-08-08 17:12:32.750  INFO 19866 --- [           main] s.f.SampleWebFreeMarkerApplication       : Started SampleWebFreeMarkerApplication in 2.172 seconds (JVM running for 2.479)

Retrieving Part of the Log File

Retrieving part of the log file is not supported when using Jersey.

To retrieve part of the log file, make a GET request to /actuator/logfile by using the Range header, as shown in the following curl-based example:

$ curl 'http://localhost:8080/actuator/logfile' -i -X GET \
    -H 'Range: bytes=0-1023'

The preceding example retrieves the first 1024 bytes of the log file. The resulting response is similar to the following:

HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8
Content-Range: bytes 0-1023/4707
Content-Length: 1024

  .   ____          _            __ _ _
 /\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __  __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
 \\/  ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| |  ) ) ) )
  '  |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
 =========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
 :: Spring Boot ::

2017-08-08 17:12:30.910  INFO 19866 --- [           main] s.f.SampleWebFreeMarkerApplication       : Starting SampleWebFreeMarkerApplication with PID 19866
2017-08-08 17:12:30.913  INFO 19866 --- [           main] s.f.SampleWebFreeMarkerApplication       : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2017-08-08 17:12:30.952  INFO 19866 --- [           main] ConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.AnnotationConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext@76b10754: startup date [Tue Aug 08 17:12:30 BST 2017]; root of context hierarchy
2017-08-08 17:12:31.878  INFO 19866 --- [           main] o.s.b.w.embedded.tomcat.TomcatWebServer  : Tomcat initialized with port 8080 (http)
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