Chapter 3. Advanced Tracing and Logging

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Creating a custom logger in a BPEL process
  • Defining composite sensors
  • Adding a composite sensor
  • Monitoring a composite sensor
  • Configuring the logfiles
  • Changing the level of tracing
  • Editing the logfiles
  • Viewing logfiles in the Enterprise Manager Console
  • Viewing metrics and statistics

Introduction

In this chapter, we will explore the tracing and logging techniques in the Oracle SOA Suite. Note that the BPEL specification does not define the tracing and logging in a BPEL process. Rather, both functionalities require a BPEL server vendor extension. Tracing as well as logging becomes handy in various situations. If there are problems during BPEL process deployment, we ...

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