Where to see "console output" from Servlet when in Tomcat?

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I had a JavaSE app with main() method. I need to run it in a cloud. A good choice is Jelastic. So I converted my project to Dynamic Web project (Project Facets in Eclipse), created a ServletContextListener and put all my code from main() in that Servlet contextInitialized() method. My code has System.out.println and logging (slf4j) statements - In my Eclipse IDE I see all that output in console view. But as I deploy the project in Tomcat in the cloud - I am totally lost where too look for console output. I guess it is somewhere in the logs, but I cannot find those logs...

What cloud provider? What operating system? Do you have access to the machine (i.e. via ssh or remote desktop)? — stdunbar, Apr 23 '18 at 20:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '18 at 16:34

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If you are looking for tomcat logs in Jelastic then just hover on the application server and press "Log" button.

answered Apr 24 '18 at 16:34

Ruslan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '18 at 08:01

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Tomcat doesn't redirect the console logs to a file, to do that you need to use logging tools like log4j for example, or once you start your tomcat you can redirect the output to a file check this and this for more information.

answered Apr 24 '18 at 08:01

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Where to see "console output" from Servlet when in Tomcat?

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