How to Enable System and Exception Logging in Magento 1.6 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 0 Minutes, 45 Seconds to Read Magento 1.6 has a powerful logging system that can be extremely helpful when debugging any issues you may have. If there’s an error there is almost always an entry in the system or exceptions log. By default though, logging is not enabled. Enabling the logs in Magento 1.6 is relatively easy and is accomplished through the Magento Admin Backend. Enabling System and Exception Logging Log into your Magento Admin Backend Go to System ->> Configuration Click on “Developer” in the left side menu pane Open the “Log Settings” section Change the “Enabled” to “Yes“ Click “Save Config“ Now, any system events that are logged will be to a system.log file located in the /var/log folder. Any exceptions that are to be logged will be in a file called exception.log in the /var/log folder as well. For more step-by-step guides and practical tips, visit our Drupal Education Channel. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles 10 Magento Security Tips Changing the Magento 1.6 Login to Case Sensitive How to Allow Backorders in Magento 1.6 Changing the Year-To-Date Report Dashboard in Magento 1.6 Adding Store Email Addresses to Magento How to stop Displaying Product Reviews in Magento 1.6 How to Install Magento Manually Merging Javascript Files in Magento 1.6 How to Edit the Footer in Magento 1.6 Changing the Default Welcome Message in Magento 1.6
Hello Joshua, Thank you for contacting us. I spent some time looking into this, and while you can find the log files, it must still be enabled in the dashboard. Thank you, John-Paul
Hello sdfor, If you don’t have SSH access to the server you can connect with either FTP or by using the cPanel File Manager. The Magento exception log should be stored in the /magento/var/log/ directory relative to your Magento installation, and not the server’s main /var/log/ directory. – Jacob
