How to enable FINE logging for patchmanagement

Products

• CA API Gateway

Issue/Introduction

Patching service default level in INFO.  At this level, not enough information available to figure you why the patch update status reports as ERROR 

 

Environment

Gateway 11.x

Resolution

How to enable FINE logging

STEPS:

Stop PMS service:

# service pms stop

Modify /opt/SecureSpan/PatchManagement/etc/conf/pms_logging.properties

Before:

.

# Set the default logging level for new FileHandler instances

java.util.logging.FileHandler.level = CONFIG

.

# Set the default logging level for the root logger

.level = INFO

# Set the default logging level for the PMS output

com.broadcom.debian.patch.level = CONFIG

After:

# Specify the handlers to create in the root logger

handlers = java.util.logging.FileHandler

# Set the default logging level for new FileHandler instances

java.util.logging.FileHandler.level = FINE

java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern = /opt/SecureSpan/PatchManagement/var/logs/patch_cli_%g_%u.log

java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter.format = %1$tY-%1$tm-%1$tdT%1$tH:%1$tM:%1$tS.%1$tL%1$tz %2$-7s %5$d %3$s: %4$s%n

java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit = 1000000

java.util.logging.FileHandler.append = true

java.util.logging.FileHandler.count = 5

# Set the default logging level for the root logger

.level = FINE

# Set the default logging level for the Patch client output

com.broadcom.debian.patch.level = FINE

 

START pms service 

# service pms start

Additional Information

Check the version of PMS

# dpkg -l | grep  patch-management

ii  patch-management                  2.0.0-20250318021540                all          patch-management

PMS service for the Appliance Gateway, we can start, stop, and view status of the Patch Management Service using:

# service pms start

# service pms stop

# service pms status