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title: "Logging"
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description: "PageSeeder provides group and server logs for developers and administrators to monitor system health and diagnose issues. Logs can be configured via global properties and use the logback framework with predefined loggers and appenders for access, indexing, processing, publishing, and mail functions."
last_updated: 2026-09-14T15:45:26+10:00
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# Logging

PageSeeder provides several types of logs for [developers](/reference/glossary/developer_view.md) and [administrators](/reference/glossary/administrator.md) to assess the health of their system and diagnose problems.

Most logs contain the [date and time](/reference/glossary/date_and_time.md), context and, when possible, the user or stack trace. 

## Group logs

These are accessible by [group managers](/reference/glossary/manager.md) and provide detailed information about a specific group, including the following:

- Jobs run by the PageSeeder publisher.
- Indexing of documents, tasks or comments.
- Custom or standard process jobs such as moving, batch editing, importing, or publishing documents or [comments](/reference/glossary/comment.md).

## Server logs

These store detailed information for all PageSeeder transactions and are only accessible by administrators. They include information such as:

- Detailed records of access and actions for tracing what might have caused an error.
- A log of system messages from different components.

## Configuration

Logs can be configured using the [global properties](/guide/configuration/properties/global_properties.md) through the following properties:

- `logsLocation`
- `logsAccessLevel` 
- `logsAccessHistory` 

> **Warning:** The following information is for users with experience managing logs. Do not make any changes to the configuration unless you understand the consequences.

PageSeeder uses the [logback](https://logback.qos.ch/) framework with the `logback-pageseeder.xml` configuration file loaded at start up. It predefines the following loggers and appenders:

| Logger | Appender |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PAGESEEDER.Access | ACCESS | Daily log, 7-day history |
| PAGESEEDER.Index | INDEX | Daily log, 30-day history viewable through interface |
| PAGESEEDER.Process | PROCESS | Daily log, 30-day history viewable through interface |
| PAGESEEDER.Publish | PUBLISH | Daily log, 30-day history viewable through interface |
| PAGESEEDER.Mail | MAIL | Daily log, 30-day history viewable through interface |
| \* (any other) | GENERAL | Daily log, 30-day history. Recent logs viewable through interface |

For details on adding a new appender or changing the relationship between a logger and appender, refer to the [logback](/reference/advanced/website/berlioz/configuration/logback.md) documentation.