Setting Log Preferences - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.0 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Setting Log Preferences

Once the rotation starts, Enterprise Server creates a new time stamped log file
when there is a request or error that needs to be logged to the access or error log file
and it occurs after the prior-scheduled "next rotate time."
NOTE
To archive log files and to specify whether to use the Internal daemon method or
the cron based method, use the Archive Log page in the Server Manager.
Setting Log Preferences
During installation, an access log file named
You can customize access logging for any resource by specifying whether to log
accesses, what format to use for logging, and whether the server should spend time
looking up the domain names of clients when they access a resource.
To use one log file for multiple virtual servers, that log file should have
its format string for the access log and
magnus.conf
magnus.conf
make the needed changes. The changes are effected following restart of the
Administration server.
To turn on LogVsId:
Access the Server Manager and choose the Preferences tab.
1.
Click the Magnus Editor link.
2.
Select the Logging Settings from the Select a Setting drop-down list and click
3.
Manage.
Select On for the LogVsId value
4.
Click the OK button.
5.
To add %vsid% to the log file format string:
Access the Server Manager and choose the Logs tab.
1.
Click the Log Preferences link.
2.
Enter a new log file location and filename in the Log File: text box.
3.
Click the Only Log: radio button.
4.
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You should archive the server logs before running the log analyzer.
file for the error log. Follow the steps below to access the
file and the logging preferences in the Administration Server UI to
was created for the server.
access
should be turned on in the
LogVsid
in
%vsid%