Logs And Statistics; Logging Settings - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 5 - INSTALING AND CONFIGURING SERVER Manual

Logs and Statistics

Logs and Statistics

The Logs and Statistics section of the Administator includes pages that help you
monitor ColdFusion Server and ColdFusion application activity. The following table
describes these pages:
Page

Logging Settings

Log files
Server Reports
Logging Settings
You use the Logging Settings page of the Administrator to change ColdFusion Server
logging options. The following table describes the settings:
Setting
Administrator
E-mail
Log Directory*
Log Slow Pages Causes ColdFusion Server to log the names of pages that take
Use Operating
System Logging
Facilities
Use Version 5
Logging Format
Description
Lets you configure administrator e-mail address, change the log
directory, control operating system logging, and enable log file
format
Lets you search, view, download, archive, and delete log files
Lets you view and filter dynamically generated reports*
* Available only in ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition. Not available in
HP-UX.
Description
E-mail address of the server administrator. The address displays
under each error message, for reporting purposes, enabling users
to report problems. This setting can be overridden in the
Application.cfm file.
Directory to which error log files are written.
longer than the specified interval to process. Logging slow pages
can help you diagnose potential problems or bottlenecks in your
ColdFusion applications. Entries are written to server.log.
Causes ColdFusion Server to log messages using your operating
system logging facility (EventLog in Windows; syslog in Solaris,
Linux, and HP-UX). ColdFusion Server log messages are also
written to the standard ColdFusion Server log files.
Causes all ColdFusion Server log messages to be written in a
standard format. The standard format is required to use the
*
enhanced 5 Log Viewer. If not enabled, ColdFusion Server uses
the version 4.5 format. If you do not use ColdFusion Server 5
format, the Administrator Log Viewer does not work.
* Restart ColdFusion Server after changing this setting.
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