Where can i find this path /deployment/web.war/WEB-INF/resources/appian_log4j.properties

Question

Whenever I look into documentation to change configuration settings , I see similar urls like <APPIAN_HOME>/Conf/..... 
 But i am not able to find where this is. 
 Can anybody help me with this

Dave Lewis · Answer

From appian user's home directory, which you're dropped into when you sudo as appian user, cd ../.. to topmost directory.

Then from topmost directory, cd app/appian to get to <APPIAN_HOME>

The reason they say <APPIAN_HOME> is because you CAN literally put it anywhere, but if people didn't want to confuse themselves and just followed the installation instructions verbatim, that's where it is.

The full path to what you wanted is most likely cd ../.. then cd app/appian/deployment/web.war/WEB-INF/resources, then ls or dir and appian_log4j.properties is right there.

Dave Lewis · Answer

Assuming yours is a Linux server: 
 SSH into your server: 
 at command prompt type: 
 sudo -iu appian 
 enter your password if applicable 
 type: 
 cd ../.. 
 then type: 
 cd app/appian 
 then you'll be at <APPIAN_HOME> (unless the person who installed it did something wacky) 
 then type: 
 cd deployment/web.war/WEB-INF/resources 
 then type: 
 dir 
 And you'll see the contents of the /resources directory, among them, the appian_log4j.properties file 
 type: 
 view appian_log4j.properties 
 to see the file in the read-only version of VIM 
 type: 
 vi appian_log4j.properties 
 to view and edit the file in the full version of VIM 
 to escape VIM type: 
 :q (colon followed by q)

Where can i find this path <APPIAN_HOME>/deployment/web.war/WEB-INF/resources/appian_log4j.properties