Patent ID: 8326966

Claim:
A computer implemented method for management of application log configuration settings in a data processing system, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving, by the data processing system, user input for application debug tracing via a log manager; creating, by the data processing system, a tracer key based on the user input for the application debug tracing, wherein the tracer key identifies what application debug information is to be traced and how to report traced application debug information; transmitting, by the data processing system, the tracer key to all of a plurality of subscriber applications that subscribe to the log manager via a network, wherein the plurality of subscriber applications reside on a plurality of remote data processing systems; and responsive to the application debug information associated with the tracer key being traced by applicable applications having matching tracer keys within the plurality of subscriber applications, receiving, by the data processing system via the network, traced application debug information transmitted from the remote data processing systems with the applicable applications having matching tracer keys.