I am running WebSphere 6.1.0.29 and I need to track the requests being made to an Enterprise Application. Previously I did this by routing the requests through a proxy server, but I need to repeat the exercise and I figure there must be a simpler way.

Does anyone know how to enable HTTP access logging?

I have been through the console an thought I had enabled http_access.log and http_error.log via:

Application servers > server1 > HTTP error and NCSA access logging

(where 'server1' is the application server)

I've enabled the service at startup, and ticked the boxes to enable access logging and error logging - however... nothing has happened. I have restarted the server, restarted the Enterprise apps and even did a "find . -name" for the log files - but they don't seem to be anywhere on the system.

I saw on a JavaRanch thread someone suggested writing a custom filter for requests in an application, but this seems like wild overkill - plus I am doing the logs to test a pre-built binary, so I don't want to mess with the code.

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions?

Help! :-)