Configure a custom location for Wowza Streaming Engine log files

Wowza Streaming Engine™ (WSE) media server software uses the Apache Log4j Java logging framework for logging.  By default, WSE logs are stored in the following locations: [install-dir]/logs and [install-dir]/manager/logs. To change your logs' location, create the new directory as a symbolic link (symlink). Using a symlink ensures that the logs are written to the correct location and that WSE Manager pulls log information from the correct location.

Note: Symlinks are not supported by default for Wowza Streaming Engine due to Log4j2 logging.

Create symlinks in Windows

1. Create log folders in the desired custom location.
2. Delete the both of the default log folders:
   • [install-dir]\logs 
   • [install-dir]/manager/logs
3. Create a symlink for the WSE log files by running the following commands as an admin:

   mklink /D [install-dir]\logs C:\Users\[username]\[pathToNewLogs]
   mklink /D [install-dir]\manager\logs C:\Users\[username]\[pathToNewLogs]

   Where:
   • [username] is your username on the operating system
   • [install-dir] is the location at which Wowza Streaming Engine is installed
   • [pathToNewLogs] is the path to the new location for Wowza Streaming Engine logs

Create symlinks in Linux

1. Create new log folders in the desired custom location.
2. Delete the default log folders in [install-dir]/logs and [install-dir]/manager/logs.
3. Run the following command as an administrator to create a symlink for Wowza Streaming Engine log files:

   ln -s /[pathToNewLogs] [install-dir]/logs
   ln -s /[pathToNewLogs] [install-dir]/manager/logs

   Where:
   • [username] is your username on the operating system
   • [install-dir] is the location at which Wowza Streaming Engine is installed
   • [pathToNewLogs] is the path to the new location for Wowza Streaming Engine logs