org.apache.catalina.valves
Class JDBCAccessLogValve

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase
      org.apache.catalina.valves.JDBCAccessLogValve

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.management.MBeanRegistration, AccessLog, Contained, Lifecycle, Valve

public final class JDBCAccessLogValve
extends ValveBase
implements AccessLog, Lifecycle

This Tomcat extension logs server access directly to a database, and can be used instead of the regular file-based access log implemented in AccessLogValve. To use, copy into the server/classes directory of the Tomcat installation and configure in server.xml as:

      <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.JDBCAccessLogValve"
          driverName="your_jdbc_driver"
          connectionURL="your_jdbc_url"
          pattern="combined" resolveHosts="false"
      />
 

Many parameters can be configured, such as the database connection (with driverName and connectionURL), the table name (tableName) and the field names (corresponding to the get/set method names). The same options as AccessLogValve are supported, such as resolveHosts and pattern ("common" or "combined" only).

When Tomcat is started, a database connection (with autoReconnect option) is created and used for all the log activity. When Tomcat is shutdown, the database connection is closed. This logger can be used at the level of the Engine context (being shared by all the defined hosts) or the Host context (one instance of the logger per host, possibly using different databases).

The database table can be created with the following command:

 CREATE TABLE access (
 id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
 remoteHost CHAR(15) NOT NULL,
 userName CHAR(15),
 timestamp TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
 virtualHost VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
 method VARCHAR(8) NOT NULL,
 query VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
 status SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
 bytes INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
 referer VARCHAR(128),
 userAgent VARCHAR(128),
 PRIMARY KEY (id),
 INDEX (timestamp),
 INDEX (remoteHost),
 INDEX (virtualHost),
 INDEX (query),
 INDEX (userAgent)
 );
 

Set JDBCAccessLogValve attribute useLongContentLength="true" as you have more then 4GB outputs. Please, use long SQL datatype at access.bytes attribute. The datatype of bytes at oracle is number and other databases use bytes BIGINT NOT NULL.

If the table is created as above, its name and the field names don't need to be defined.

If the request method is "common", only these fields are used: remoteHost, user, timeStamp, query, status, bytes

TO DO: provide option for excluding logging of certain MIME types.

Author:

Andre de Jesus, Peter Rossbach

useLongContentLength

protected boolean useLongContentLength

Use long contentLength as you have more 4 GB output.

Since:

6.0.15

connectionName

protected java.lang.String connectionName

The connection username to use when trying to connect to the database.

connectionPassword

protected java.lang.String connectionPassword

The connection URL to use when trying to connect to the database.

driver

protected java.sql.Driver driver

Instance of the JDBC Driver class we use as a connection factory.

info

protected static java.lang.String info

The descriptive information about this implementation.

lifecycle

protected LifecycleSupport lifecycle

The lifecycle event support for this component.

JDBCAccessLogValve

public JDBCAccessLogValve()

Class constructor. Initializes the fields with the default values. The defaults are:

      driverName = null;
      connectionURL = null;
      tableName = "access";
      remoteHostField = "remoteHost";
      userField = "userName";
      timestampField = "timestamp";
      virtualHostField = "virtualHost";
      methodField = "method";
      queryField = "query";
      statusField = "status";
      bytesField = "bytes";
      refererField = "referer";
      userAgentField = "userAgent";
      pattern = "common";
      resolveHosts = false;
 

getConnectionName

public java.lang.String getConnectionName()

Return the username to use to connect to the database.

setConnectionName

public void setConnectionName(java.lang.String connectionName)

Set the username to use to connect to the database.

Parameters:

connectionName - Username

setDriverName

public void setDriverName(java.lang.String driverName)

Sets the database driver name.

Parameters:

driverName - The complete name of the database driver class.

getConnectionPassword

public java.lang.String getConnectionPassword()

Return the password to use to connect to the database.

setConnectionPassword

public void setConnectionPassword(java.lang.String connectionPassword)

Set the password to use to connect to the database.

Parameters:

connectionPassword - User password

setConnectionURL

public void setConnectionURL(java.lang.String connectionURL)

Sets the JDBC URL for the database where the log is stored.

Parameters:

connectionURL - The JDBC URL of the database.

setTableName

public void setTableName(java.lang.String tableName)

Sets the name of the table where the logs are stored.

Parameters:

tableName - The name of the table.

setRemoteHostField

public void setRemoteHostField(java.lang.String remoteHostField)

Sets the name of the field containing the remote host.

Parameters:

remoteHostField - The name of the remote host field.

setUserField

public void setUserField(java.lang.String userField)

Sets the name of the field containing the remote user name.

Parameters:

userField - The name of the remote user field.

setTimestampField

public void setTimestampField(java.lang.String timestampField)

Sets the name of the field containing the server-determined timestamp.

Parameters:

timestampField - The name of the server-determined timestamp field.

setVirtualHostField

public void setVirtualHostField(java.lang.String virtualHostField)

Sets the name of the field containing the virtual host information (this is in fact the server name).

Parameters:

virtualHostField - The name of the virtual host field.

setMethodField

public void setMethodField(java.lang.String methodField)

Sets the name of the field containing the HTTP request method.

Parameters:

methodField - The name of the HTTP request method field.

setQueryField

public void setQueryField(java.lang.String queryField)

Sets the name of the field containing the URL part of the HTTP query.

Parameters:

queryField - The name of the field containing the URL part of the HTTP query.

setStatusField

public void setStatusField(java.lang.String statusField)

Sets the name of the field containing the HTTP response status code.

Parameters:

statusField - The name of the HTTP response status code field.

setBytesField

public void setBytesField(java.lang.String bytesField)

Sets the name of the field containing the number of bytes returned.

Parameters:

bytesField - The name of the returned bytes field.

setRefererField

public void setRefererField(java.lang.String refererField)

Sets the name of the field containing the referer.

Parameters:

refererField - The referer field name.

setUserAgentField

public void setUserAgentField(java.lang.String userAgentField)

Sets the name of the field containing the user agent.

Parameters:

userAgentField - The name of the user agent field.

setPattern

public void setPattern(java.lang.String pattern)

Sets the logging pattern. The patterns supported correspond to the file-based "common" and "combined". These are translated into the use of tables containing either set of fields.

TO DO: more flexible field choices.

Parameters:

pattern - The name of the logging pattern.

setResolveHosts

public void setResolveHosts(java.lang.String resolveHosts)

Determines whether IP host name resolution is done.

Parameters:

resolveHosts - "true" or "false", if host IP resolution is desired or not.

getUseLongContentLength

public boolean getUseLongContentLength()

get useLongContentLength

setUseLongContentLength

public void setUseLongContentLength(boolean useLongContentLength)

Parameters:

useLongContentLength - the useLongContentLength to set

invoke

public void invoke(Request request,
                   Response response)
            throws java.io.IOException,
                   javax.servlet.ServletException

This method is invoked by Tomcat on each query.

Specified by:

invoke in interface Valve

Specified by:

invoke in class ValveBase

Parameters:

request - The Request object.

response - The Response object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Should not be thrown.

javax.servlet.ServletException - Database SQLException is wrapped in a ServletException.

log

public void log(Request request,
                Response response,
                long time)

Description copied from interface: AccessLog

Add the request/response to the access log using the specified processing time.

Specified by:

log in interface AccessLog

Parameters:

request - Request (associated with the response) to log

response - Response (associated with the request) to log

time - Time taken to process the request/response in milliseconds (use 0 if not known)

addLifecycleListener

public void addLifecycleListener(LifecycleListener listener)

Adds a Lifecycle listener.

Specified by:

addLifecycleListener in interface Lifecycle

Parameters:

listener - The listener to add.

findLifecycleListeners

public LifecycleListener[] findLifecycleListeners()

Get the lifecycle listeners associated with this lifecycle. If this Lifecycle has no listeners registered, a zero-length array is returned.

Specified by:

findLifecycleListeners in interface Lifecycle

removeLifecycleListener

public void removeLifecycleListener(LifecycleListener listener)

Removes a Lifecycle listener.

Specified by:

removeLifecycleListener in interface Lifecycle

Parameters:

listener - The listener to remove.

open

protected void open()
             throws java.sql.SQLException

Open (if necessary) and return a database connection for use by this AccessLogValve.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException - if a database error occurs

close

protected void close()

Close the specified database connection.

start

public void start()
           throws LifecycleException

Invoked by Tomcat on startup. The database connection is set here.

Specified by:

start in interface Lifecycle

Throws:

LifecycleException - Can be thrown on lifecycle inconsistencies or on database errors (as a wrapped SQLException).

stop

public void stop()
          throws LifecycleException

Invoked by tomcat on shutdown. The database connection is closed here.

Specified by:

stop in interface Lifecycle

Throws:

LifecycleException - Can be thrown on lifecycle inconsistencies or on database errors (as a wrapped SQLException).

getCurrentTimeMillis

public long getCurrentTimeMillis()