System Logs
The "System Logs" page displays information regarding the log files of the current product. Further, it has the feature to download and view the log files according to the user preference. The log files can be retrieved in two ways:
- If syslog-ng is configured log files are taken from the remote location where the log files are hosted using syslog-ng server.Â
- If syslog-ng is not configured log files are taken from the local file system (super-tenant or Stand alone apps).
See more information about logs in Logging.
Follow the instructions below to access the System Logs statistics.
1. Sign in. Enter your user name and password to log on to the ESB Management Console.
2. Click on "Monitor" on the left side to access the "Monitor" menu.
3. In the "Monitor" menu, click on "System Logs."
4. The "System Logs" page appears. The log messages, displayed in this page are obtained from a memory appender. Hence, the severity (log level) of the displayed log messages are equal or higher than the threshold of the memory appender.
- File Name - The name of file containing logs concerning to some period.
- Date - The date when the file with logs was generated.
- File Size - The size of file in bytes.
- Action - Allows to view and download files.
5. To view the logs of a particular file, click on the "View" link associated with the file.
Tip
To download the file, just click on the "Download" link associated with the file and specify the destination.
6. The "System log View" page appears.
7. In the "View" list, select the category of logs you want to view. The available categories are:
- TRACE - Trace messages.
- DEBUG - Debug messages.
- INFO - Information messages.
- WARN - Warning messages.
- ERROR - Error messages.
- FATAL - Fatal error messages.
8. You can also find a certain log using the search function. Enter the name (or a part of the name) to the field and click on the "Search" button.
9. You can enter the number of log lines to be displayed from the top-down. Click "Search."
Tip
The location of the log files on disk is specified in the log4j.configuration
file.