{"id":1244,"date":"2012-03-28T09:39:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T09:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/03\/28\/enabling-system-and-exception-logging-in-magento\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:45:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:45:52","slug":"enabling-system-and-exception-logging-in-magento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/enabling-system-and-exception-logging-in-magento\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable System and Exception Logging in Magento 1.6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magento 1.6 has a powerful logging system that can be extremely helpful when debugging any issues you may have. If there\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Enabling System and Exception Logging<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Log into your Magento Admin Backend<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Go to System ->> Configuration<\/strong><\/li>\n

    \"magento_dashboard_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n\n
  3. Click on \u201cDeveloper<\/strong>\u201d in the left side menu pane<\/li>\n
  4. Open the \u201cLog Settings<\/strong>\u201d section<\/li>\n
  5. Change the \u201cEnabled<\/strong>\u201d to \u201cYes<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n

    \"magento_log_files_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

  6. Click \u201cSave Config<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    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.<\/p>\n

    For more step-by-step guides and practical tips, visit our Drupal Education Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Magento 1.6 has a powerful logging system that can be extremely helpful when debugging any issues you may have. If there\u2019s an error there is almost always an entry in the system or exceptions log. By default though, logging is not enabled. 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