How to enable HTTP wire debug logging in Bitbucket Server
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Summary
The wire log records all data transmitted to and from servers when executing HTTP requests. It uses the org.apache.http.wire logging category. This log should only be enabled to debug problems, as it will produce a huge amount of log data.
This article is an extension of the Bitbucket Enable debug logging documentation.
Environment
Bitbucket 6, 7, 8, 9
Solution
To enable debug logging for the org.apache.http.wire logger, run this command in a terminal:
curl -u <ADMIN_USERNAME> -v -X PUT -d "" -H "Content-Type: application/json" <BASE_URL>/rest/api/latest/logs/logger/org.apache.http.wire/debug
# e.g.
curl -u admin -v -X PUT -d "" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://192.168.1.21:7990/rest/api/latest/logs/logger/org.apache.http.wire/debugDisable
To disable debug logging for the org.apache.http.wire logger, run this command in a terminal:
curl -u <ADMIN_USERNAME> -v -X PUT -d "" -H "Content-Type: application/json" <BASE_URL>/rest/api/latest/logs/logger/org.apache.http.wire/warn
# e.g.
curl -u admin -v -X PUT -d "" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://192.168.1.21:7990/rest/api/latest/logs/logger/org.apache.http.wire/warn