ManageEngine Log360 enables comprehensive log collection, analysis, and reporting for Apache Tomcat servers, helping organizations maintain application uptime, monitor access patterns, and detect security anomalies. By integrating with Tomcat, Log360 centralizes server log management and transforms raw log data into actionable insights for security, compliance, and operational efficiency.
How Log360 collects and analyzes Tomcat logs
Log360 supports seamless ingestion of Tomcat server logs through configurable log file monitoring:
- Access logs: Captures HTTP request and response data, including IP, timestamp, HTTP methods, and response status codes.
- Catalina logs: Monitors core Tomcat server activities, such as startup, shutdown, and service-level messages.
- Application logs: Parses logs generated by deployed web applications for deeper insight into runtime errors and performance issues.
Monitoring capabilities
- User access monitoring: Track incoming HTTP requests, source IPs, user agents, and authentication attempts.
- Application performance visibility: Analyze request-response times, error codes, and endpoint usage trends.
- Security event detection: Monitor for suspicious request patterns, unauthorized access, and injection attempts.
- System event tracking: Stay informed on application crashes, deployment changes, and service disruptions.
Critical Tomcat events monitored
Log360 flags key events within Tomcat environments, such as:
- Repeated 4xx/5xx errors indicating application faults or potential attacks.
- Unauthorized access attempts.
- Application restarts, configuration changes, and deployment issues.
- Anomalous traffic patterns and spikes in request load.
Why integrate Tomcat with Log360?
- Improved visibility: Proactively monitor application behavior and user activity from a single console.
- Enhanced security posture: Detect attacks and vulnerabilities like brute-force login attempts and abnormal traffic spikes.
- Meet compliance demands: Generate audit-ready reports aligned with standards such as the PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.
Addressing Tomcat monitoring challenges
| Challenges |
Solutions offered by Log360 |
| Log formatting |
Centralized log collection and correlation across Tomcat components |
| Complete visibility |
In-depth tracking of user sessions, errors, and configuration changes |
| Compliance reporting gaps |
Out-of-the-box audit reports mapped to industry standards |
Get more from Tomcat Logs with Log360
- Correlate Tomcat logs with other sources: Link Tomcat data with logs from databases, firewalls, cloud services, and endpoints.
- Visualize usage and threat patterns: Use dashboards to track application health, performance trends, and attack surfaces.
- Automate response workflows: Trigger alerts and auto-assign tickets for Tomcat-specific incidents using Log360’s built-in incident response system.
