changeset 124:cd0be128127d

added info about standard logs
author amazy
date Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:23:11 +0100
parents 9badd112e8ad
children 9b4e810f4ecf
files Sphinx/source/faq/log.rst
diffstat 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/Sphinx/source/faq/log.rst	Thu Nov 30 10:39:09 2017 +0100
+++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/log.rst	Thu Dec 14 14:23:11 2017 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,34 @@
 .. _log:
 
-Generating an exploitable log
------------------------------
+Collecing logs
+--------------
+
+Standard logs
+=============
+
+Everytime the Orthanc service starts, it will generate
+a new log file in ``C:\Program Files\Orthanc Server\Logs`` on Windows 
+and in ``/var/log/orthanc/`` on Linux.  
+
+By default, on Windows, if the Orthanc service fails to start, it will 
+retry to start 5 times and stop so it does not generate thousands of log files.
 
-For your log to be exploitable by the Orthanc community, you must
-generate them with the ``--verbose`` or ``--trace``. If you are using
+Log files are named as ``Orthanc.log.YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.ffff`` including
+the date/time when Orthanc was started.  
+
+Orthanc is not removing old logs so these log files might accumulate 
+and consume lot's of space.  It's up to you to manage the logs folder
+to make sure you don't fill your disk with logs.
+
+
+
+Generating an exploitable debug log
+===================================
+
+By default, Orthanc logs only the `WARNING` and `ERROR` level
+logs.  For your log to be exploitable by the Orthanc community, you must
+generate them with the ``--verbose`` or ``--trace`` to get the `INFO` 
+and `TRACE` information levels.  If you are using
 Orthanc at the command-line, simply add these flags and redirect the
 standard outputs to some log file.