# Turning off WEBRick server logging (XMLRPC) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 21, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-webrick-server-logging-xmlrpc/73141 "2006-10-21T23:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adambeazley)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-webrick-server-logging-xmlrpc/73141/1 "2006-10-21T23:51:32Z")
I’ve implemented an XMLRPC server using xmlrpc/server. I understand that this class encapsulates a WEBRick server. However, reading through the xmlrpc/server and webrick documentation, I can’t figure out how to turn off the standard access logging. Can anyone assist? Thanks! /adam ---
**Author:** ![adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adambeazley)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-webrick-server-logging-xmlrpc/73141/2 "2006-10-22T01:11:11Z")
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Adam B. wrote: > I’ve implemented an XMLRPC server using xmlrpc/server. > > I understand that this class encapsulates a WEBRick server. However, > reading through the xmlrpc/server and webrick documentation, I can’t > figure out how to turn off the standard access logging. Can anyone > assist? When you create your webrick httpserver instance, one of the paramters that can be given is :AccessLog. This defaults to stderr if you don’t specify it. You can use this to change the logging destination for the access logging. There is also a :Logger setting that contains the logging destination for the other logging messages. Kirk H. ---
**Author:** ![adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adambeazley)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-webrick-server-logging-xmlrpc/73141/3 "2006-10-22T02:25:56Z")
Thanks for your response. Yes, I see in the XMLRPC::Server source the following: XMLRPC::Server#initialize(port=8080, host=“127.0.0.1”, maxConnections=4, stdlog=$stdout, audit=true, debug=true, \*a) So I put in my code server = XMLRPC::Server.new(3001, “127.0.0.1”, 4, “/tmp/xmlrpcserver.log”) And log output like this DOES go there: [2006-10-21 16:51:08] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1 [2006-10-21 16:51:08] INFO ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i686-darwin8.7.3] [2006-10-21 16:51:39] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=4475 port=2001 But the access log lines: localhost - - [21/Oct/2006:16:33:48 PDT] “POST /RPC2 HTTP/1.1” 200 125 - -\> /RPC2 STILL appear on my console (presumably STDOUT). Indeed, you can see that the two entry types have different time formats. When I debug the XMLRPC::Server.server.logger.time\_format, it’s time\_format – [%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]’ – matches the one that’s going to the right place. So where are the access logs coming from, and how can I get them under control? I asked myself. Looking at the xmlrpc/server.rb source, we see the answer: 630 class Server \< WEBrickServlet 632 def initialize(port=8080, host=“127.0.0.1”, maxConnections=4, stdlog=$stdout, audit=true, debug=true, \*a) 633 super(\*a) 634 require ‘webrick’ 635 @server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port =\> port, :BindAddress =\> host, :MaxClients =\> maxConnections, 636 :Logger =\> WEBrick::Log.new(stdlog)) 637 @server.mount("/", self) 638 end When the WEBrick server is created, it’s not passed anything for the access log, so it’s presumably using the default. Looking at the webrick/httserver source, I find: 33 unless @config[:AccessLog] 34 @config[:AccessLog] = [ 35 [$stderr, AccessLog::COMMON\_LOG\_FORMAT], 36 [$stderr, AccessLog::REFERER\_LOG\_FORMAT] 37 ] 38 end So that’s the culprit – and it’s STDERR, not STDOUT. Looks like to make this work I’ll have to modify lines 632 and 636 of xmlrpc/server, which I’d rather not do. But at least I understand the source of the problem. Thanks again for your help. /adam > When you create your webrick httpserver instance, one of the paramters > that can be given is :AccessLog. This defaults to stderr if you don’t > specify it. You can use this to change the logging destination for the > access logging. > > There is also a :Logger setting that contains the logging destination > for > the other logging messages. > > Kirk H. ---
**Author:** ![adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adambeazley)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-webrick-server-logging-xmlrpc/73141/4 "2010-09-30T11:21:45Z")
Have you found a solution to this that did/does not require modifying library source? I have the exact same issue… > So that’s the culprit – and it’s STDERR, not STDOUT. > > Looks like to make this work I’ll have to modify lines 632 and 636 of > xmlrpc/server, which I’d rather not do. But at least I understand the > source of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adambeazley)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-webrick-server-logging-xmlrpc/73141/5 "2011-01-05T14:18:40Z")
Gal Bar-or wrote in post #944887: > Have you found a solution to this that did/does not require modifying > library source? I have the exact same issue… > > > So that’s the culprit – and it’s STDERR, not STDOUT. > > > > Looks like to make this work I’ll have to modify lines 632 and 636 of > > xmlrpc/server, which I’d rather not do. But at least I understand the > > source of the problem. solution: @server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port =\> port, :AccessLog =\> []) ---
**Author:** ![adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@adambeazley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adambeazley)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/turning-off-webrick-server-logging-xmlrpc/73141/6 "2011-01-10T22:08:14Z")
Philippe - thank you, that did the trick… it’s amazing how something so simple can be overlooked and cause such a headache. Philippe T. wrote in post #972480: > Gal Bar-or wrote in post #944887: > > > Have you found a solution to this that did/does not require modifying > > library source? I have the exact same issue… > > > > > So that’s the culprit – and it’s STDERR, not STDOUT. > > > > > > Looks like to make this work I’ll have to modify lines 632 and 636 of > > > xmlrpc/server, which I’d rather not do. But at least I understand the > > > source of the problem. > > solution: > > @server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port =\> port, :AccessLog =\> [])