Troubleshooting Tomcat using log files

We have already seen how to troubleshoot tomcat instance based on the catalina.out log
By default tomcat writes some different logs as defined in the catalina script into the logs directory
Here we can see some other logs
- localhost.YYYY-MM-DD.log
  - This log contains information about the server and the application on that server
  - We can see information like contextInitialized() and contextDestroyed()
  - Everytime we start or stop applications will be logged here as the context Initialized or Destroyed
- localhost_access_log.YYYY-MM-DD.txt
  - This log contains information about the access from clients to our web application
  - Here we can see each and every action took place while navigating through the client. We can see the activities done through the client.
  - From this log we can log how many users accessing what information.
- host-manager.YYYY-MM-DD.log
  - This log will say how and when the HostManager is accessed from the GUI
- manager.YYYY-MM-DD.log
  - This log will say how and when the Manager App is accessed from the GUI

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