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Appendix 1: AE file system

The appendix lists some important files in AE file system.

Following are the components of the AE Tools directory:

  1. Active MQ HOME

    i. You can mention, AMQ_HOME/data/kahadb is a storage directory for AMQ messages.

    ii. Active MQ HOME \conf\activemq.xml is the Active MQ configurations file.

    iii. Active MQ HOME\data directory contains the log files:

    • activemq.log
    • audit.log
  2. Apache Tomcat Home

    i. Apache Tomcat Home\logs directory contains automationedge.log file.

    ii. Apache Tomcat Home\webapps directory is used to deploy:

    • aeangine.war

    • aeui.war

    iii. Apache Tomcat Home\webapps\aeui directory has configuration file to set AE UI properties: aeui-config.properties

    iv. Apache Tomcat Home\webapps\aeengine\WEB-INF\classes contains aeengine internal properties files.

    • hibernate.properties

    • log4j2-spring.xml

  3. AutomationEdge Home directory

    Directory path: <preferred_drive>:/AutomationEdge/aehome

    AutomationEdge Home

    • workflow: This folder stores the workflow supporting zip files.

    • AE_TEMP: This directory is the temporary storage for temporary files or resources used by AutomationEdge, which are shared across Multiple AE Servers in HA. (Note: If resources are not shared, then a local temp folder should be used instead of one under AE_HOME).

    • conf: This folder contains the following configuration files:

      • ae.properties

      • database.properties

    • files: This folder stores the run time input and output files to workflows

    • psplugins: This folder contains all the plugins uploaded to AutomationEdge server.

  4. AutomationEdge Enable Debug Logging

    Set the log level values for AE Server, Agent, and Integration Service by modifying log-level details in the respective files.

    tip

    You need not restart Tomcat service or agent.

    i. AE Server

    Apache Tomcat Home/webapps/aeengine/WEB-INF/classes/log4j2-spring.xml

    ii. Agent

    Agent Home/conf/log4j2.xml  

    tip

    After saving the modified files, DEBUG logs appear in the log4j2.xml file.