Enable access log in Wildfly

In case as a system admin, you needs to monitor the http request activities on wildfly, one will need to enable the access log. To do the same, follow these steps-

• Stop the wildfly service in case it is already running
• Open file standalone.xml from below location
  • File Location : - '.../WILDFLY_HOME/standalone/configuration'
• Add the following line in standalone.xml to enable access log in wildfly (This line can be added anywhere in the file independently)
  • <access-log pattern="common" directory="${jboss.home.dir}/standalone/log" prefix="access" suffix=".log"  worker="default"/>

  • Common pattern is %A %t %h %l %u %r %s %b %T %I

  • Other pattern also available.