diff --git a/web/gui2/logger.sh b/web/gui2/logger.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+host=${1:-localhost}
+
+### Set up debug log messages for classes we care about
+#
+# -- NOTE: leave commented out for checked-in source
+#          developer can uncomment locally
+
+onos ${host} <<-EOF
+
+#log:set DEBUG org.onosproject.ui.impl.topo.Topo2ViewMessageHandler
+#log:set DEBUG org.onosproject.ui.impl.topo.Topo2Jsonifier
+#log:set DEBUG org.onosproject.ui.impl.topo.Topo2TrafficMessageHandler
+#log:set DEBUG org.onosproject.ui.impl.topo.Traffic2Monitor
+
+#log:set DEBUG org.onosproject.ui.impl.UiWebSocket
+#log:set DEBUG org.onosproject.ui.impl.UiTopoSession
+
+#log:set DEBUG org.onosproject.ui.impl.topo.model.ModelCache
+
+log:list
+
+EOF