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ColdFusion Error Log

In this wiki, you’ll learn how to view your sites ColdFusion server and application logs from within WCP.

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<h1>ColdFusion Error Log</h1>

In this wiki, you’ll learn how to view your sites ColdFusion server and application logs from within WCP.
 

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<li>First login to your WCP control panel for the account the domain is under: https://wcp.hostek.com</li>
<ul>
<li>If needed see our guide on [https://wiki.hostek.com/How_to_login_to_WCP logging into WCP].</li>
</ul>
 

<li>In the ‘'''ColdFusion'''’ section, click the ‘'''Error Logs'''’ icon.
[[File:CFErrorButton.PNG]]
</li>

<li>Choose the type of error logs you wish to view ''''Server Error Logs'''' or ''''Application Error Logs''''</li>

<ol>
<li>''''Server Error Logs''''</li>
<ul>

<li>Choose the Server Error Logs tab to view error logs on the server level pertaining to your site.
[[File:ServerLogs.PNG]]
</li>

<li>''''Wrap Text''''</li>
This will allow the error text to be wrapped within the text frame to prevent the need for scrolling to see the entire message.
[[File:WrapText.PNG]]

<li>''''Hours''''</li>
Allows you to choose the amount of hours you wish to view logs for. (1-24 hours)
[[File:Hours.PNG]]

<li>Click the ''''Update'''' button.</li>
This will populate the Server Error Logs text box with any related error logs.
[[File:Update.PNG]]

<li>''''Server Error Logs'''' text box.</li>
This box will display the server error logs for your domain within the time frame you have choosen.
[[File:ServerLogs2.PNG]]
</ul>

<li>''''Application Error Logs''''</li>
<ul>

<li>Choose the Application Error Logs tab to view error logs on the application level pertaining to your site.
[[File:ApplicationLogs.PNG]]
</li>

<li>''''Wrap Text''''</li>
This will allow the error text to be wrapped within the text frame to prevent the need for scrolling to see the entire message.
[[File:WrapText.PNG]]

<li>''''Hours''''</li>
Allows you to choose the amount of hours you wish to view logs for. (1-24 hours)
[[File:Hours.PNG]]

<li>''''Purge Logs''''</li>
The purge logs button allows you to clear out all application error logs for your domain.
[[File:Purge.PNG]]

<li>Click the ''''Update'''' button.</li>
This will populate the Server Error Logs text box with any related error logs.
[[File:Update.PNG]]

<li>''''Application Logs'''' text box.</li>
This box will display the server error logs for your domain within the time frame you have choosen.
[[File:ApplicationLogsText1.PNG]]
</ul>
</ol>

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 <li>''''ColdFusion Server Errors'''': The errors reported here are errors that your site are throwing in ColdFusion. NOTE: Our production servers should not be used for development, so you should be doing your development work on your local machine. However, if your site is throwing an error, this will give you the ability to see that error.</li>
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-<li>''''cflog tag logging'''': NOTE: We strongly suggest to not use the "information" type. We also suggest to only set the type to "error" or "fatal" on the production servers. ColdFusion writes the logs to a system path. For security purposes, your cflog logs will only appear hear if you have given the file name in the cflog tag the name of your domain, without the www. For example, if your domain is your_domain.com you would set the file attribute for the cflog tag like: file="your_domain.com"</li>
+<li>''''cflog tag logging'''': NOTE: We strongly suggest to not use the "information" type. We also suggest to only set the type to "error" or "fatal" on the production servers. ColdFusion writes the logs to a system path. For security purposes, your cflog logs will only appear here if you have given the file name in the cflog tag the name of your domain, without the www. For example, if your domain is your_domain.com you would set the file attribute for the cflog tag like: file="your_domain.com"</li>
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	==What is the ColdFusion Error Log?==		==What is the ColdFusion Error Log?==
	<p>There are two types of logs that could contain information about your site. First on the list here is the Server error logs, and the second is logs created by using the cflog tag..		<p>There are two types of logs that could contain information about your site. First on the list here is the Server error logs, and the second is logs created by using the cflog tag..

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-<p>In this wiki, you’ll learn how to view your sites ColdFusion server and application logs from within WCP.</p>
+==What is the ColdFusion Error Log?==
 <br />
 <ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
 <br />
-<li><p>In the ‘'''ColdFusion'''’ section, click the ‘'''Error Logs'''’ icon.</p>
+<ol start="2" style="list-style-type: decimal;">
-[[File:CFErrorButton.PNG]]
+<li><p>Once logged into WCP if you have multiple domains you may need to select the appropriate domain to manage using the ''''Hosted Domains'''' drop-down in the top-right of the page as shown in the screenshot below:</p>
 </li>
-<li><p>Choose the Server Error Logs tab to view error logs on the server level pertaining to your site.</p>
+===View Server Error Logs===
 [[File:ServerLogs.PNG]]
 </li>
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 <p>This will allow the error text to be wrapped within the text frame to prevent the need for scrolling to see the entire message.</p>
 [[File:WrapText.PNG]]
 <li><p>''''Hours''''</p></li>
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 <p>This will populate the Server Error Logs text box with any related error logs.</p>
 [[File:Update.PNG]]
 <li><p>''''Server Error Logs'''' text box.</p></li>
 <p>This box will display the server error logs for your domain within the time frame you have choosen.</p>
 [[File:ServerLogs2.PNG]]
-</ul>
+</ol>
-<li>''''Application Error Logs''''</li>
+===View Application Error Logs===
-<ul>
-<li><p>Choose the Application Error Logs tab to view error logs on the application level pertaining to your site.</p>
+<ol>
 [[File:ApplicationLogs.PNG]]
 </li>
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 <p>This box will display the server error logs for your domain within the time frame you have choosen.</p>
 [[File:ApplicationLogsText1.PNG]]
 </ol>
 [[Category:WCP (Windows based Control Panel)]]