Logging whole HTML content generated by JBoss

[takach]

Is it possible somehow to log the whole HTML Code that was generated by JBoss AS? I work with JBoss AS 4.2, soon upgrading to 5.1, so solutions for both environment will be welcomed.

[welle]

Perhaps the "RequestDumperValve" is what you want.

Look in:

$JBOSS_HOME/server/XXX/deploy/jboss-web.deployer/server.xml (JBoss 4)

$JBOSS_HOME/server/XXX/deploy/jbossweb.sar/server.xml (JBoss 5)

[takach]

Thank you for your effort to help me!

Unfortunately RequestDumperValve is only for HTTP headers, not for the body of HTTP responses.

Moreover, it seems to cause problems with I18N in query string...

[takach]

tcpmon is a useful tool, but it must run on the client machine, that is not an option for me. See https://tcpmon.dev.java.net/

[welle]

Hmm...sorry missed that.... really thought that i logged at least the HTTP body.

If you look at the code for the RequestDumperValve it's quite straight foward. You should easlily be able to create your own impl. that can log the data (i suggest by first checking the content type so you don't log a lot of binary data

Of course you should be able to run whatever sniffer sofware on the server instead. (wireshark is nice).

[takach]

Thank you. Our traffic goes through an Apache server, we try to log the traffic there with JkRequestLogFormat

[takach]

It is not clear, if mod_jk is able to to log whole HTTP responses.

[genman]

Your best bet is to use "tcpdump" on the server, and the suggested tool "Wireshark", above.