messages.log (Tools/APIs) Contents Background Information Available Tools Note Write to the messages.log file, the operator messages log. Background Information InterSystems IRIS® reports general messages, system errors, certain operating system errors, and network errors through an operator console facility. On Windows, there is no operator console as such and all console messages are sent to the messages.log file in the InterSystems IRIS system manager directory (install-dir/mgr). For InterSystems IRIS systems on UNIX® platforms, you can send operator console messages to the messages.log file or the console terminal.For more information, see Monitoring Log Files.The directory location of this file is configurable in the CPF file; see ConsoleFile. Available Tools %SYS.SystemOpens in a new tab class Provides the WriteToConsoleLog() method, which you can use to write to the messages.log file.Availability: All namespaces. %SYSTEM.ConfigOpens in a new tab class Provides the ModifyConsoleFile() method.Availability: All namespaces. ^LOGDMN routine and SYS.LogDmnOpens in a new tab class Enable you to set up structured logging, which will write the same messages seen in messages.log to a machine-readable file that can be ingested by your choice of monitoring tool. See Setting Up Structured Logging. Availability: %SYS namespace. Note The special variable $SYSTEM is bound to the %SYSTEM package. This means that instead of ##class(%SYSTEM.class).method(), you can use $SYSTEM.class.method().
