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title: server.out log
description: Understand the PingDirectoryProxy server.out log, which holds standard output and standard error messages written while the server is running.
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# server.out log

The `server.out` file holds any information written to standard output or standard error while the server is running. Normally, it includes several messages written at startup and shutdown, as well as information about any administrative alerts generated while the server is running. In most cases, this information is also written to the error log. The `server.out` file can also contain output generated by the JVM. For example, if garbage collection debugging is enabled, or if a stack trace is requested via "kill -QUIT" as described in a later section, then output is written to this file.