As a confluence system administrator, you might be able to set logging levels, but due to security and compliance reasons, it is very common that you don't have access to the home directory on the Confluence server to actually view the content of the log files.
Once you receive a log file from the server administrator it is most likely outdated, which makes live testing and troubleshooting impossible.
While troubleshooting is part of the daily life of the Confluence administrator, the burden to involve 3rd parties to finally get access to outdated content slows down the entire process.
With Last Log for Confluence, important log files are always at your fingertips and accessible through the Confluence administration interface. Simply use the powerful built-in searching and filtering features to add some fun to troubleshooting.
Install Last Log for Confluence directly from your Confluence instance
You need to be a Confluence administrator to install apps!
In the upper navigation bar click on your avatar and then select Atlassian Marketplace
The Atlassian Marketplace page will be displayed, in the search bar type Last Log for Confluence
The app will appear on the list, select it, and install it for free
After the installation, stay on the Confluence Administration page, on the left-side navigation bar you will find Last Log features under LASTLOG-ADD-ON
The app is ready to use and you're ready to get started!
If you still have questions, feel free to refer to our support team.
Log files are an administrator's best friend. A function in Confluence doesn't work as expected? An app is showing errors? The entire application is slow or not responding at all? To investigate the problem, log files are the place to start troubleshooting.
The problem - you need application server access in order to inspect log files. Apart from being time-consuming to manually locate and inspect log files, for security reasons many Confluence administrators don't even have access to the home directory of the application server, where the logs are stored.
Last Log for Confluence displays log files where they belong - the Confluence administration user interface.
The app can easily be downloaded through the Atlassian Marketplace.
After a successful installation, the app is ready to use and doesn't need further adjustments.
Analyzing log files is the key to successful troubleshooting. With Last Log for Confluence you can finally analyze all log files directly in the Confluence administration interface.
- All log files in a single location - Select the log file you want to analyze using a simple dropdown menu.
- Don't lose focus - Set the maximum number of entries to be returned.
- Don't get distracted - Switch to fullscreen mode to only show the information you need.
- Live view? Last Log for Confluence comes with an auto-refresh feature so you can analyze the logs almost in realtime
The sheer number of log file entries can be overwhelming and it's easy to miss the exact information or error you are looking for. Not anymore!
- Filter for specific entries - simply specify the text you are looking for and Last Log for Confluence filters the output accordingly.
- Exclude entries - specify entries that are not helping to get the job done by simply excluding them from the output.
- Search by regular expression - you know exactly what you are looking for? Use the regular expression filter and get results in no time.
If you still have questions, feel free to refer to our support team.
Highlights
A single point of interest
Analyzing log files is the key to successful troubleshooting. With Last Log for Confluence you can finally analyze all log files directly in the Confluence administration interface.
- All log files in a single location - Select the log file you want to analyze using a simple dropdown menu.
- Don't lose focus - Set the maximum numbers of entries to be returned and fullscreen mode to only show the information you need.
- Live view? Last Log for Jira comes with an auto-refresh feature so you can analyze the logs almost in realtime
Searching and filtering
The sheer number of log file entries can be overwhelming and it's easy to miss the exact information or error you are looking for. Not anymore!
- Filter for specific entries - simply specify the text you are looking for and Last Log for Confluence filters the output accordingly.
- Exclude entries - specify entries that are not helping to get the job done by simply excluding them from the output.
- Search by regular expression - you know exactly what you are looking for? Use the regular expression filter and get results in no time.
Professionals only - REST API
Last Log for Confluence comes with a dedicated REST API. The following features can be used through the API:
- View all log files - specify various parameters and view exactly the output you need.
- View thread dump - if you are a Confluence system administrator you can quickly access the current thread dump.
- Kill a thread - with great power comes great responsibility - Confluence system administrators can even kill a thread.
