How do I configure embedded jetty server to log all requests?

I want to log all soap requests to my server. The server instance is an embedded jetty server.

Is there a way to setup a handler to do this. I have access to the web.xml file

You'll want the following on your embedded jetty startup...

Jetty 12

You'll be using ...

1. The CustomRequestLog (which has syntax for it's output)
2. An instance of RequestLog.Writer to specify where that output will go.
3. Setting the Server.setRequestLog(RequestLog) with your configuration.

You will not use the old RequestLogHandler from Jetty 9 days, as that class was incapable of logging any requests that did not dispatch through that handler. (eg: errors, bad requests, requests without paths, requests that don't match a configured context path, etc)

Both of the below examples are snippets from the jetty-example project at:

• https://github.com/jetty/jetty-examples/tree/12.0.x/embedded/requestlog

Example having a Writer that outputs to slf4j logging at an arbitrarily configured logger name

Slf4jRequestLogWriter requestLoggingWriter = new Slf4jRequestLogWriter();
requestLoggingWriter.setLoggerName("examples.requests");

RequestLog requestLog = new CustomRequestLog(requestLoggingWriter,
    CustomRequestLog.EXTENDED_NCSA_FORMAT);

server.setRequestLog(requestLog);

You can use your logging library of choice (just have slf4j route to your logging library), and output those logging events anywhere your logging library supports (file w/overwrite, file w/append, file w/rollover, email, database, unix system logs, etc)

Example having a Writer that outputs to file.

AsyncRequestLogWriter requestLogWriter = new AsyncRequestLogWriter();
requestLogWriter.setAppend(true);
requestLogWriter.setFilename("/var/web/logs/request.log");
requestLogWriter.setRetainDays(1);

RequestLog requestLog = new CustomRequestLog(requestLogWriter,
    CustomRequestLog.EXTENDED_NCSA_FORMAT);

server.setRequestLog(requestLog);

Original Answer (Oct 18, 2013)

This is for Jetty 9

    HandlerCollection handlers = new HandlerCollection();
    ContextHandlerCollection contexts = new ContextHandlerCollection();
    // your context specific handlers are added to "contexts" here
    server.setHandler(handlers);

    NCSARequestLog requestLog = new NCSARequestLog();
    requestLog.setFilename("/path/to/my/logs/yyyy_mm_dd.request.log");
    requestLog.setFilenameDateFormat("yyyy_MM_dd");
    requestLog.setRetainDays(90);
    requestLog.setAppend(true);
    requestLog.setExtended(true);
    requestLog.setLogCookies(false);
    requestLog.setLogTimeZone("GMT");
    RequestLogHandler requestLogHandler = new RequestLogHandler();
    requestLogHandler.setRequestLog(requestLog);
    handlers.addHandler(requestLogHandler);