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Wildfly 8.0.0 Logging login attempts for management console


I use a wildfly 8.0.0. For security reasons i need logging login attempts for management console. Is it possible and how?

The wildfly instance is configured in standalone mode.


Solution

  • There is a setting under standalone.xml - management>audit-log - by default audit logging is disabled - so set enabled="true" -

    <audit-log>
        <formatters>
            <json-formatter name="json-formatter"/>
        </formatters>
        <handlers>
            <file-handler name="file" formatter="json-formatter" path="audit-log.log" relative-to="jboss.server.data.dir"/>
        </handlers>
        <logger log-boot="true" log-read-only="false" enabled="true">
            <handlers>
                <handler name="file"/>
            </handlers>
        </logger>
    </audit-log>