NiFi Ingest 26.1
NiFi Ingest

# Configure Logging

NiFi Ingest components produce log messages to help you troubleshoot any problems that you encounter. This section explains where to find the log files, and describes how to customize logging on your system.

There is a separate log file for each NiFi Ingest component, by default, in the following directory.

    logs/idol

To customize logging, set the following properties in the file `conf/nifi.properties`.

    # Logging Example
    idol.components.log.enabled=true
    idol.components.log.use.component.dir=false
    idol.components.log.level=INFO
    idol.components.log.max.history=5
    idol.components.log.max.size=10 mb
    idol.components.log.max.total.size=50 mb

NOTE: NiFi Ingest components read these properties when NiFi starts or when the component is created, so if you make changes in `nifi.properties` you might need to restart NiFi.

NOTE: These properties are not supported by NiFi Ingest components from versions earlier than 12.12.

Property name | Default | Description
--- | --- | ---
`idol.components.log.enabled` | True | A Boolean value that specifies whether to use the IDOL logging options defined in `nifi.properties`, and write log messages from each Knowledge Discovery component to a separate log file. If you set this property to `FALSE`, all of the remaining properties are ignored and the settings in `conf/logback.xml` are used instead.
`idol.components.log.use.component.dir` | False | A Boolean value that specifies whether to write log files to component directories: `./idol_repository/[component_id]/logs` ... rather than the default directory: `./logs/idol` Using the default location puts all log files in a single directory. Using the component directory means that log files for a component are deleted if the component is removed.
`idol.components.log.level` | INFO | The type of messages to log. You can choose from the following values (from least to most verbose): `OFF` `ERROR` - Errors only. `WARN` - Errors and warnings. `INFO` - Errors, warnings, and additional information. `DEBUG` - Not recommended for production systems because this amount of logging can reduce performance. `TRACE` `ALL`
`idol.components.log.max.history` | 10 | The maximum number of log files to keep for each component.
`idol.components.log.max.size` | 10 mb | The maximum size of an individual log file; when exceeded the file is renamed with a datestamp and file index.
`idol.components.log.max.total.size` | 100 mb | The maximum size of all log files for a single component; the oldest file is deleted if this limit is exceeded.

You can override properties for NiFi Ingest components of a certain type. In the following example, all `GetFileSystem` processors use the `DEBUG` log level, while all other components use the `INFO` log level.

    idol.components.log.level=INFO
    idol.components.GetFileSystem.log.level=DEBUG

You can also override properties for individual NiFi Ingest components in your dataflow, by specifying the component ID in the property name. For example:

    idol.components.b0601e0e-94c5-443d-8f43-c6a4c7894720.log.level=WARN

Properties that include a component ID override properties that include a component class, and global properties have the lowest priority.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery NiFi Ingest 26.1

Topic Title: Configure Logging