How to set level logging to DEBUG in Tomcat?

Question

I would like to set level logging to DEBUG in tomcat but in console nevertheless only INFO and WARN output. Could anybody tell me what's wrong?

My C:\tomcat\logging.properties:

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handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

.handlers = 1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler, java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

############################################################
# Handler specific properties.
# Describes specific configuration DEBUG for Handlers.
############################################################

1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = DEBUG
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
1catalina.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = catalina.

2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = DEBUG
2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = localhost.

3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = DEBUG
3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = manager.

4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.level = DEBUG
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.directory = ${catalina.base}/logs
4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler.prefix = host-manager.

java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = DEBUG
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter


############################################################
# Facility specific properties.
# Provides extra control for each logger.
############################################################

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].level = DEBUG
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].handlers = 2localhost.org.apache.juli.FileHandler

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager].level = DEBUG
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager].handlers = 3manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager].level = DEBUG
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager].handlers = 4host-manager.org.apache.juli.FileHandler

# For example, set the com.xyz.foo logger to only log SEVERE
# messages:
#org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.level = DEBUG
#org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.level = DEBUG
#org.apache.catalina.session.ManagerBase.level = DEBUG
#org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.level=DEBUG

Example of my log:

INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor manager.xml
08.11.2010 1:06:42 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive spring-mvc-trial.war
08.11.2010 1:06:46 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory docs
08.11.2010 1:06:46 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory examples
08.11.2010 1:06:46 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory ROOT
08.11.2010 1:06:46 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
08.11.2010 1:06:46 org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009
08.11.2010 1:06:46 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 3777 ms
08.11.2010 1:09:36 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol pause
INFO: Pausing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
08.11.2010 1:09:36 org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol pause
INFO: Pausing Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009
08.11.2010 1:09:37 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService stop
INFO: Stopping service Catalina
08.11.2010 1:09:37 org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesJdbc
SEVERE: The web application [/spring-mvc-trial] registered the JBDC driver [com.mysql.jdbc.Driver] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.
08.11.2010 1:09:37 org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesThreads
SEVERE: The web application [/spring-mvc-trial] appears to have started a thread named [MySQL Statement Cancellation Timer] but has failed to stop it. This is very likely to create a memory leak.
08.11.2010 1:09:38 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol destroy
INFO: Stopping Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
08.11.2010 1:09:38 org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol destroy
INFO: Stopping Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009

Answer 1

JULI logging levels for Tomcat

SEVERE - Serious failures

WARNING - Potential problems

INFO - Informational messages

CONFIG - Static configuration messages

FINE - Trace messages

FINER - Detailed trace messages

FINEST - Highly detailed trace messages

You can find here more https://documentation.progress.com/output/ua/OpenEdge_latest/index.html#page/pasoe-admin/tomcat-logging.html

Answer 2

In addition to what has already been said (DEBUG -> FINE, FINER, FINEST in JULI), in case you're running Tomcat using an IDE, say Eclipse, note that it stores the configuration on a different path than CATALINA_HOME, so you may need to add

-Djava.util.logging.config.file="C:\apache-tomcat-9.0.31\conf\logging.properties"

to explicit set your logging properties.

More on this here: Where can I view Tomcat log files in Eclipse?