Logs Maintained By The Server - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 Installation And Setup Manual

Introduction to Logs
• Log Levels (Message Categories)
• Log File Locations
• Log File Naming Conventions
• Buffered Versus Unbuffered Logging
• Rotation of Log Files
• Deletion of Log Files

Logs Maintained by the Server

While Certificate Management System is running, it keeps a log of information and
error messages on all the components it manages. These messages are broadly
categorized into three separate groups and are maintained in three separate log
files, as listed in Table 23-1.
During installation, Certificate Management System automatically creates the
required log files in your local file system. The server creates common system,
error, and audit files for all components that were installed together, and it logs
messages to these files. For example, if you installed a Certificate Manager and a
Data Recovery Manager together, you will find log messages for both the
subsystems in the same log file.
Table 23-1 Types of logs maintained by Certificate Management System
Log type Description
System This log records information about requests to the server (all HTTP and HTTPS requests)
and the responses from the server. Information recorded in this log includes the IP
address of the client machine that accessed the server, operations performed (for
example, search, add, edit), and the result of the access (for example, the number of
entries returned). This log is on by default.
For more information, see "Configuring CMS Logs" on page 753 and "Monitoring System
Logs" on page 760.
Error This log contains the error messages the server has encountered (HTTP errors and errors
with the certificate service). This log is on by default.
For more information, see "Configuring CMS Logs" on page 753 and "Monitoring Error
Logs" on page 762.
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