I wrote a custom Java server. I am running it using Upstart (/etc/init/myservice.config) where I launch java -jar myservice.jar.

The java process uses System.out.println to write log messages of all kinds.

I want to be able to connect to it from a remote ssh session and view the output.

UPDATE: I want to do this without the hassle of creating, rotating, managing log files.

I've looked at a number of posts, including: How to view the output of a running process in another bash session?

I've tried cat and tail -f /proc/<procid>/fd/0 /proc/<procid>/fd/1 /proc/<procid>/fd/2 — all are blank output.

All this is as root

I know there are more things to try, but I'm suspicious since the fd's are blank (or at least for me).

Im running Ubunutu Server 14.04 LTS, Oracle Java 8

Update: Looking to try screen, but I see its not exactly meant for this... How do I start a screen session using an upstart job with a non privileged user?