Kapow Log Matrix

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Component	File Name/Table Name	Folder/Location	Comment
Management Console (deployed into Tomcat)	service-stdout.YYYY-MM-DD.log	<Tomcat installation folder>\logs E.g. C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0_Apache_Tomcat8\logs
	service-stderr.YYYY-MM-DD.log	<Tomcat installation folder>\logs E.g. C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0_Apache_Tomcat8\logs
	catalina.YYYY-MM-DD.log or catalina.out	<Tomcat installation folder>\logs E.g. C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0_Apache_Tomcat8\logs
RoboServer	Wrapper.log - not enabled by default, see Comment column	Custom, defined by wrapper.logfile parameter or <Kapow installation folder>\bin E.g. D:\Program Files\Kapow 9.7.4 x64\bin	To enable, uncomment and edit the lines below in common.conf and restart RoboServer: wrapper.logfile.loglevel=DEBUG wrapper.logfile=C:\logs\WrapperDebug_RoboServer_ROLLNUM.log wrapper.logfile.rollmode=SIZE_OR_WRAPPER wrapper.logfile.maxsize=50m wrapper.logfile.maxfiles=10 Please see this KB article if you're using RPA v10.7* to avoid possible Wrapper Rolling issues.* RoboServer Wrapper Logs do not Roll by Size (v10.7)
RoboServer	Server Messages	Logs tab in Management Console > RoboServer or, directly in the RoboServer Log Database: in the SERVER_MESSAGE table	You can set up the retention policy for your logs in the RoboServer Log Database by specifying a number of days to keep the logs and a number of messages in the robot run. The logs are cleaned on a daily basis by deleting the oldest messages first. The default values are 10 days and 500 messages. This setting can be changed from Management Console > Admin > Settings > RoboServer Log Database.
Kapow Browser	Crash Dump	Windows: C:\Users\UserRunningService \AppData\Local\Temp\Kapow Linux: /tmp/Kapow
Kapow Browser	Instant Crash Dump	Run process explorer, right click on the kapowbrowser.exe from which you what to extract the dump: Create Dump > Create Full Dump... or Create Minidump...	To identify the PID of the related -ona \| find "50001" (if the Kapow on the RobotServer 50001)
Robot	Robot Runs and Robot Messages	Logs tab in Management Console or directly in the RoboServer Log Database: ROBOT MESSAGE and ROBOT_RUN tables	You can set up the retention policy for your logs in the RoboServer Log Database by specifying a number of days to keep the logs and a number of messages in the robot run. The logs are cleaned on a daily basis by deleting the oldest messages first. The default values are 10 days and 500 messages. This setting can be changed from Management Console > Admin > Settings > RoboServer Log Database.
Robot	Crash Dump	C:\Users\UserRunningService \AppData\Local\Temp\Kapow	Enabled by default
Schedules	Schedule Runs and Schedule Messages	Logs tab in Management Console or directly in the RoboServer Log Database: SCHEDULE_RUN and SCHEDULE_MESSAGE tables	You can set up the retention policy for your logs in the RoboServer Log Database by specifying a number of days to keep the logs and a number of messages in the robot run. The logs are cleaned on a daily basis by deleting the oldest messages first. The default values are 10 days and 500 messages. This setting can be changed from Management Console > Admin > Settings > RoboServer Log Database.
Desktop Automation	Device Automation Service.log or Desktop Automation Service.log (since version 10.4)	C:\Users\UserRunningService \AppData\Local\Kapow\<version>\Logs	Can also be reached from the DAS Configuration Tool > System tab

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