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title: Error Log Publisher
description: This is an abstract object type that cannot be instantiated.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:configref:objects-error-log-publisher
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/configref/objects-error-log-publisher.html
section_ids:
  error_log_publishers: Error Log Publishers
  parent: Parent
  error_log_publisher_properties: Error Log Publisher properties
  basic_properties: Basic properties
  default-severity: default-severity
  enabled: enabled
  java-class: java-class
  json-output: json-output
  override-severity: override-severity
---

# Error Log Publisher

*This is an abstract object type that cannot be instantiated.*

Error Log Publishers are responsible for distributing error log messages from the error logger to a destination.

Error log messages provide information about any warnings, errors, or significant events that are encountered during server processing.

## Error Log Publishers

The following Error Log Publishers are available:

* [Console Error Log Publisher](objects-console-error-log-publisher.html)

* [File Based Error Log Publisher](objects-file-based-error-log-publisher.html)

These Error Log Publishers inherit the properties described below.

## Parent

The Error Log Publisher object inherits from [Log Publisher](objects-log-publisher.html).

## Error Log Publisher properties

You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see [Property value substitution](expressions.html).

| Basic Properties                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [default-severity](#default-severity) [enabled](#enabled) [java-class](#java-class) [json-output](#json-output) [override-severity](#override-severity) |

### Basic properties

Use the `--advanced` option to access advanced properties.

### default-severity

|                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| *Synopsis*              | Specifies the default severity level for the logger.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| *Default value*         | notice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| *Allowed values*        | * debug: The error log severity that is used for messages that provide debugging information triggered during processing.

* error: The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about errors which may force the server to shut down or operate in a significantly degraded state.

* info: The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about significant events within the server that are not warnings or errors.

* none: No messages of any severity are logged by default. This value is intended to be used in conjunction with the override-severity property to define an error logger that will publish no error message beside the errors of a given category.

* notice: The error log severity that is used for the most important informational messages (i.e., information that should almost always be logged but is not associated with a warning or error condition).

* warning: The error log severity that is used for messages that provide information about warnings triggered during processing. |
| *Multi-valued*          | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| *Required*              | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| *Admin action required* | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| *Advanced*              | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| *Read-only*             | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

### enabled

|                         |                                                         |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Synopsis*              | Indicates whether the Log Publisher is enabled for use. |
| *Default value*         | None                                                    |
| *Allowed values*        | truefalse                                               |
| *Multi-valued*          | No                                                      |
| *Required*              | Yes                                                     |
| *Admin action required* | None                                                    |
| *Advanced*              | No                                                      |
| *Read-only*             | No                                                      |

### java-class

|                         |                                                                                                  |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| *Synopsis*              | The fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the Error Log Publisher implementation. |
| *Default value*         | org.opends.server.loggers.ErrorLogPublisher                                                      |
| *Allowed values*        | A Java class that extends or implements:- org.opends.server.loggers.LogPublisher                 |
| *Multi-valued*          | No                                                                                               |
| *Required*              | Yes                                                                                              |
| *Admin action required* | None                                                                                             |
| *Advanced*              | No                                                                                               |
| *Read-only*             | No                                                                                               |

### json-output

|                         |                                                                                    |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Synopsis*              | Output log lines using JSON format (structured logging) instead of free form text. |
| *Default value*         | false                                                                              |
| *Allowed values*        | truefalse                                                                          |
| *Multi-valued*          | No                                                                                 |
| *Required*              | No                                                                                 |
| *Admin action required* | None                                                                               |
| *Advanced*              | No                                                                                 |
| *Read-only*             | No                                                                                 |

### override-severity

|                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Synopsis*              | Specifies the override severity level for the logger based on the category of the messages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| *Description*           | Each override severity level should include the category and the severity level to log for that category, for example, core=info. Valid categories are: core, extensions, protocol, config, log, util, schema, plugin, jeb, backend, tools, task, access-control, admin, sync, version, setup, admin-tool, dsconfig, user-defined. Valid severities are: error, warning, notice, info, debug. |
| *Default value*         | All messages with the default severity levels are logged.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| *Allowed values*        | A string in the form category=severity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| *Multi-valued*          | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| *Required*              | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| *Admin action required* | None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| *Advanced*              | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| *Read-only*             | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |