How to enable access logging for JBoss EAP 4 or 5?

Environment

• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
  • 4.x
  • 5.x

Issue

• How to access logs in JBoss EAP 4?
• How to access logs in JBoss EAP 5?
• How to enable friendly access log times?

Resolution

This solution is part of the [Master] Configuring Access Logs in Red Hat Middleware Products..

Since JBoss EAP uses Apache Catalina as web server just like Apache Tomcat, update your $JBOSS_HOME/server/$CONFIG/deploy/$JBOSSWEB/server.xml following the instructions in How to enable access log in Apache Tomcat?

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