[Zope] Debugging a Zope Server

[Michel Pelletier]

Oliver Andrich wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> we started a new service for our online newspaper, that is served by a Zope
> server. (http://rz-anzeigen.de) We currently experience the problem, that the
> machine serves really well and also during the high traffic times. But
> sometime in the early morning the Zope process crashes. Now I like to know if
> it is possible to get some more specific out from the Zope server when it
> crashes. Can I activate some kind of logging to monitor this, or something
> else that helps me to deal with this? Or is my only option to start the Server
>     form the shell and see what traceback I get?

Try the DebugLog, this is an as yet undocumented feature of Zope:

http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/HowTos/DEBUG-LOG

This will show various state transitions of requests.  This helps
pinpoint, for example, if your problem is a ZServer or an application
issue.

-Michel