[jboss-as7-dev] Can't override the path "jboss.server.log.dir" in config file

[Vimal Kansal]

Thanks Kabir. I will

On 14/07/2011 6:46 PM, Kabir Khan wrote:
> To override jboss.server.log.dir you need to start the server with ./standalone.sh -Djboss.server.log.dir=/some/where
>
> See the following location for more information
> https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS7/Admin+Guide#AdminGuide-Systemproperties
>
> http://community.jboss.org/en/jbossas/as7_users?view=discussions
>
> I'll check with the author about the wording here.
>
> BTW please for user questions use http://community.jboss.org/en/jbossas/as7_users?view=discussions rather than this list
>
> On 14 Jul 2011, at 03:49, Vimal Kansal wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In the admin guide, it is mentioned under "Paths" section :
>>
>> "
>> JBoss AS 7 automatically provides a number of standard paths without any need for the user to configure them in a configuration file:
>>
>>      jboss.home - the root directory of the JBoss AS distribution
>>      user.home - user's home directory
>>      user.dir - user's current working directory
>>      java.home - java installation directory
>>      jboss.server.base.dir - root directory for an individual server instance
>>      jboss.server.data.dir - directory the server will use for persistent data file storage
>>      jboss.server.log.dir - directory the server will use for log file storage
>>      jboss.server.tmp.dir - directory the server will use for temporary file storage
>>      jboss.domain.servers.dir - directory under which a host controller will create the working area for individual server instances (managed domain mode only)
>>
>> Users can add their own paths or override all except the first 5 of the above by adding a<path/>  element to their configuration file.
>>
>> "
>>
>> which means I should be able to override "jboss.server.log.dir" and when I do that in "standalone_preview.xml" :
>>
>> <paths>
>>          <path name="jboss.server.log.dir" value="C:\\vkk\\as7log"/>
>>      </paths>
>>
>>   I get the following error :
>>
>> "
>> 12:40:50,355 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractControllerService$1.run(AbstractControllerService.java:89)
>> 12:40:50,356 ERROR [stderr]     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
>> 12:40:50,357 ERROR [stderr] Caused by: org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.ConfigurationPersistenceException: Failed to parse configuration
>> 12:40:50,357 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.XmlConfigurationPersister.load(XmlConfigurationPersister.java:115)
>> 12:40:50,358 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractControllerService.boot(AbstractControllerService.java:104)
>> 12:40:50,359 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.server.ServerService.boot(ServerService.java:193)
>> 12:40:50,360 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractControllerService$1.run(AbstractControllerService.java:83)
>> 12:40:50,361 ERROR [stderr]     ... 1 more
>> 12:40:50,362 ERROR [stderr] Caused by: javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[55,3]
>> 12:40:50,363 ERROR [stderr] Message: jboss.server.log.dir is reserved
>> 12:40:50,364 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.CommonXml.parsePath(CommonXml.java:999)
>> 12:40:50,365 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.CommonXml.parsePaths(CommonXml.java:370)
>> 12:40:50,365 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.StandaloneXml.readServerElement(StandaloneXml.java:154)
>> 12:40:50,366 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.StandaloneXml.readElement(StandaloneXml.java:91)
>> 12:40:50,367 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.parsing.StandaloneXml.readElement(StandaloneXml.java:79)
>> 12:40:50,367 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.staxmapper.XMLMapperImpl.processNested(XMLMapperImpl.java:100)
>> 12:40:50,368 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.staxmapper.XMLMapperImpl.parseDocument(XMLMapperImpl.java:59)
>> 12:40:50,369 ERROR [stderr]     at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.XmlConfigurationPersister.load(XmlConfigurationPersister.java:107)
>> 12:40:50,370 ERROR [stderr]     ... 4 more
>>
>> I was wondering, if the doc is wrong or I am doing something wrong.
>>
>> Thx
>>
>> Vimal
>>
>>
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