Being new to WebApps, I started with TOMCAT 7 and try to do Logging with LOGBACK. I'm doing this already on WebApp Basis by adding all necessary resources to the WebApp Environment (WEB-INF). Here I'm using the ConsoleAppender and all messages are captured then by the default java.util.logging and stored to a file (just TOMCAT 7 default configuration). I found the explanation to replace java.util.logging by logback (http://logback.qos.ch/access.html) and got it running. But don't understand how it works. 1. I tried the sample configuration "Example 2: RollingFileAppender" but am still wondering where it's stored. Though the StatusMessageServlet displays some messages, I can't figure out from where they are retrieved. Only specifying <file>${catalina.base}/logs/access.log</file> directed the file to a known location. 2. The access.log was not zipped as indicated by the definition "<fileNamePattern>/access.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log.zip</fileNamePattern>" nor did it contain the messages displayed by the StatusMessageServlet 3. I've no clue how to control the WebApp logging by the central configuration file. I would prefer controlling logging be central config files rather than be files maintained by the WebApp itself. How can I manage to connect my WebApp to the central logback.xml I hope the questions make any sense. I'm lacking some fundamental understanding with logging by Tomcat. -- View this message in context: http://logback.10977.n7.nabble.com/How-to-control-WebApp-logging-by-Tomcat-c... Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.