Ensure the className attribute is set to AccessLogValve. The className attribute determines the access log valve to be used for logging. Rationale: Some log valves are not suited for production and should not be used. Apache recommends org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve
Solution
Add the following statement into the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps/<app_name>/META-INF/context.xml file if it does not already exist. <Valve className='org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve' directory='$CATALINA_HOME/logs/' prefix='access_log' fileDateFormat='yyyy-MM-dd.HH' suffix='.log' pattern='%h %t %H cookie:%{SESSIONID}c request:%{SESSIONID}r %m %U %s %q %r' /> Default Value: Does not exist by default.