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GeoIP-related error in my log files, but GeoIP not enabled
This looks like it's part of the Device Detection feature within the Sitecore.CES configuration.
It's fair that you would want device detection yet not have the GeoIP feature of it enabled. Have you ...
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Change the name of the output log file
You can use a RollingFileAppender instead of the default Sitecore one and configure it to roll by date.
You can find samples in the log4net config examples section of the documentation.
Specifically ...
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GeoIP-related error in my log files, but GeoIP not enabled
Ensure that the following setting in the Sitecore.Analytics.config file is set to false
<setting name="Analytics.PerformLookup" value="false" />
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Sitecore log analyzer supported on latest versions?
The underlying logging framework that Sitecore uses is Apache Log4Net, and this has not changed for a very long time (since early 6.x). Even the version used is the same, 1.2.11 I believe.
The ...
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Sitecore PaaS Log files missing
Accessing Sitecore XP logs and diagnostics information on Azure Web Apps differs from the on-premise approach. This article explains how to collect basic Sitecore diagnostics information, such as logs ...
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How can I split logs by log level/priority
In log4net you can use a filter on the level in your appender like this:
<threshold value="DEBUG"/>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<levelMin value="DEBUG" />
&...
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Sitecore.Diagnostics.Log.Error() method is not working Inside a Static Class
Actually, recommended practice would be to use a Namespace as your logger, as opposed to new object() or anything else. Just using "YourLoggerName" would not be flexible enough to allow admins to ...
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Log file warning about caching and DefaultScavengeStrategy
The DefaultScavengeStrategy is responsible for scavenging (freeing up) memory from your caches when your application is maxing out on its memory resources, as determined by the configured cache size ...
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Handle all Custom Errors in Sitecore MVC
So for Sitecore - a global error handler in the global.asax will not work properly. The better way to do it is to override the code that calls each rendering and handle the errors there.
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Accessing log files in application insights for Sitecore 9 in Azure app service
How it works
Have a look at the App_Config/Sitecore/Azure/Sitecore.Cloud.ApplicationInsights.config which gets deployed to all CM/CD/PRC/REP roles.
You will see that all the built-in log4net ...
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How/Why would the scheduler website log attempts to access it's home page?
One thing to be aware of, is that in Sitecore's Site Provider, order of sites is incredibly important. If for some reason, your order has become unordered.. and the scheduler site shows up in the ...
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How can I flush the logfile?
It's not the problem with the Log.Warn being called in a httpRequestBegin processor or from a normal page. It's just your browser caching the redirect.
First time you do a call to a page which should ...
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Sitecore Logging (Log4Net) Log to Database as Well as Text Files
Yes. You need a new <appender>. First you need to set up a table to receive the logging information:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Log] (
[Id] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL,
[Date] [datetime] NOT ...
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WARN Could not register counter in HealthMonitor warnings in logs
I think this URL speaks to your issue: https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/404548
Among the other suggestions there, try to reload the perf counters:
Start an administrator command prompt.
Run unlodctr ...
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Cannot finish Analytics page tracking
Configuring a dedicated Content Management server
Normally, pure CM servers should not read and write interactions and contacts in the collection database. See this official documentation page for ...
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Logging from Application Start Event
When working with the Global.asax file, even though the question is inheriting from Sitecore.ContentSearch.SolrProvider.NinjectIntegration.NinjectApplication, if you keep digging down, eventually you'...
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Log file warning about caching and DefaultScavengeStrategy
If you do not want to disable cache size limits (which in our situation can cause memory issues when building large indexes on Azure WebApps), you can use the following Sitecore setting to change the "...
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Logging Changes in Sitecore 8.1 Made by Content Authors
Sounds like you need Sitecore Sidekick Audit Logger - its a package you can install and provides much more detailed audit logging than the standard log files.
You can search the log:
Search by item:
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Sitecore custom log file is empty
Two possible problems that could cause this i can think of:
You are referencing log4net.dll instead of Sitecore.Logging.dll, You need to reference Sitecore.Logging.dll in your project for Sitecore ...
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Logging Changes in Sitecore 8.1 Made by Content Authors
With this solution, it will create a new log file call audit.{date}.log and log any change the users make to the content. To achieve this, the pipeline subscribes the audit class to the item:creating, ...
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Is there a way to write to the Sitecore logs via Javascript? (8.2)
Sitecore supports client-side event logging using JSNLog. Sitecore client logging uses JSNLog which has been wrapped to allow Sitecore to configure it via a patch and to make use of the existing ...
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How to generate site specific log file in multi site scenario?
First, start by adding multiple appender to your app.config:
<appender name="site1" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="site1.txt" />
<...
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Sitecore Custom Logger where each item represents its own log file
As Sitecore logging is just a wrapper on top of log4net, you should create an appender (and maybe logger) in your code (assuming that the "processor" you mention is some custom code). I found this ...
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Sitecore log analyzer supported on latest versions?
I don't think that it make any difference which Sitecore version you are using.
It just analyze logs (which are simply .txt files).
I am constantly using it on 8.1 and 8.2.
No problems found.
I ...
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Huge Search.Log due to List Manager (while using EXM)?
First of all, you should disable List Manager on the processing server.
The search messages in logs are likely caused by the Sitecore.ListManagement.Analytics.UnlockContactListsAgent class. It looks ...
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How to log service layer exceptions in Sitecore log files?
Sitecore logging system is wrapper under log4net. It is even configured not under <sitecore> node in web.config.
To use Sitecore log files you should have 3 things:
Configured <log4net> ...
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How do you push log data to Splunk?
Prerequisites
The following must be setup in advance to make logging to Splunk possible.
Configure Splunk HEC
Note: The following example could use some TLC but gets the job done.
Code
First step is ...
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WARN Could not register counter in HealthMonitor warnings in logs
There is a very good article on https://community.sitecore.net/developers/f/8/t/531 which deals with the same issue. I actually followed it up last year and it solved the issue that you are having as ...
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Sitecore Logging (Log4Net) Log to Database as Well as Text Files
You can start by creating a table for logging, Preferably in your own separate Database, Then you can update your Log4Net configurations to use the SQL appender, Alex Shyba article shows how you can ...
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Get last time job ran date/time
You cannot.
When Sitecore executes any job, it runs <job> pipeline defined in Sitecore.config (or web.config in older versions). This pipeline has SignalStart and SignalEnd processors, but the ...
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