Trapd Log Location

If you have problems with transfers to cloud, object, or HDFS storage, Aspera Support may ask to view your logs. The log files are found in the following location:

/opt/aspera/var/log/trapd

This directory contains the following log files:

Log name Description
aspera-trapd.log Main log.
aspera-trapd-debug-log.log Debug log.
aspeartrapd-start.log Start/stop information and version.
buffer-pool.log Shared memory.
example: gc-2014-01-23_15_52_32.log Java VM garbage collector. The file name starts with gc- and is followed by a timestamp.
http-tx.log HTTP requests (only appears when Trapd is run in debug mode).
std_out.log Redirection of standard streams. File is usually empty.
storage-perf.log HTTP connections performances (only appears when Trapd is run in debug mode).
trapd_stdout.log Startup script and thread dump.
transfer-stats.log Transfer statistics.
tx.log Transfer logs.

You can also determine the version of Trapd by running the following command:

# /etc/init.d/asperatrapd version