Logging And Notification In Applications And Servers; About Log Messages; See The Event Log File; To See The Event Log File - Watchguard Firebox X15 User Manual

Logging

Logging and notification in applications and servers

The Log Server can receive log messages from your Firebox or a WatchGuard server. After you have configured
your Firebox and Log Server, the Firebox sends log messages to the Log Server. You can enable logging in the
various WSM applications and policies that you have defined for your Firebox to control the level of logs that
you see. If you choose to send log messages from another WatchGuard server to the Log Server, you must first
enable logging on that server.

About log messages

The Firebox sends log messages to the Log Server. It can also send log messages to a syslog server or keep logs
locally on the Firebox. You can choose to send logs to either or both of these locations.

See the event log file

The Firebox X Edge e-Series uses up to 640KB of memory for log messages. New information appears at the
top of the file. When new information enters a full log file, it erases the log message at the bottom of the file.
The Firebox X Edge log file is cleared if the power supply is disconnected or the Edge is restarted. To
keep the information permanently, you must configure an external syslog or Log Server.
Each log message contains this information:
Time
The time of the event that created the log message.
Category
The type of message. For example, if the message came from an IP address or from a configuration
file.
Message
The text of the message.

To see the event log file

1. To connect to the System Status page, type
of the Firebox X Edge trusted interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1
2. From the navigation bar, click Logging.
The Logging page appears with the Event Log at the bottom of the page.
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in the browser address bar, and the IP address
https://
Firebox X Edge e-Series