Using ICS Logging Services

ICS appliance has several logging services. You are given the ability to turn the log on and off, specify the rollover frequency (rollover every x period of time starting at y time and date). You are also given control over deleting old log files based on an older-than-x time period or the number of log files in the system. Logs are in the common log format and a wide variety of tools exist for the manipulation and processing of these files.

You can turn on logging for forward, transparent, and reverse proxy as well as for URL filtering. You can download log files via FTP or the browser-based management tools' Monitor button and Logging tab.

Using the Browser-Based Management Tool to Manage Log Files

Each service that provides logging allows you to enable or disable logging by checking the checkbox for logging, as described in the following sections.

Turning Forward and Transparent Logging On or Off

1. Start the browser-based management tool.

2. Click Cache > Client Accelerator.

3. Check or uncheck Enable Logging for Client Acceleration.

4. Click Apply.

Downloading or Deleting the Log Files

1. Start the browser-based management tool.

2. Click Monitoring > Cache Logs.

3. Select a log file and click either Download or Delete.

   For information about log options, see Logging Options Dialog Box.

Using Telnet to Manage Logfiles

NOTE:  In the ICS appliance directory structure, all log files are located in a directory named common that is below the forward, cratings, and web server accelerator/name/ locations, where name is the name of the web server accelerator you choose.

Using FTP to Manage Log Files

When using FTP to get log files, you need to know the path to the log files. Use the following table to determine the names of and paths to various log files.