This section contains the following information about the Access Gateway Appliance logs:
You can use the following procedure to set the level of information logged to the ics_dyn.log file in the /var/log directory.
On the Linux Access Gateway Appliance, log in as root.
At the command prompt, enter the following command:
nash
At the nash shell prompt, enter the following command:
configure .current
To change the log level, enter the following command:
log-conf log-level <log level>
Replace <log level> with the new log level that you want to set.
Level |
Description |
---|---|
LOG_EMERG |
Sends only messages that render the system unusable, if they are not resolved. |
LOG_ALERT |
Sends only messages that require immediate action. |
LOG_CRIT |
Sends only messages about critical situations. |
LOG_ERR |
Sends warning messages about recoverable errors. |
LOG_WARNING |
Sends warning messages. |
LOG_NOTICE |
Sends information about the status of a service to the service configuration logs. |
LOG_INFO |
Sends informational messages such as requests sent to Web servers and the results of authentication requests. |
LOG_DEBUG |
Sends debug messages. |
When you run the /etc/init.d/novell-vmc start command, the default log level is set to LOG_NOTICE. You can change the log level to any level from LOG_EMERG to LOG_INFO.
To apply changes, enter the following command:
apply
To exit from the configuration mode, enter the following command:
exit
To exit from the nash shell, enter the following command:
exit
The entries in the ics_dyn.log file have the following format:
<time-date-stamp> <hostname> : <AM#event-code> : <AMDEVICE#device-id> : <AMAUTHID#auth-id> : <AMEVENTID#event-id> :<supplementary log entry data and text>
A sample log message is given below:
Aug 3 14:35:41 c1h : AM#504503000: AMDEVICEID#ag-0BDF41AAC4CDCBE5 : AMAUTHID#0: AMEVENTID#74: Process request 1 'www.lag-202.com' '/AGLogout' [192.10.100.111:38091 -> 192.10.106.2:80]
The fifth and sixth digits in the <AMEVENTID#event-id> refer to the Access Gateway components. The following table list the numbers and the components which they denote.
Number |
Component |
---|---|
01 |
Multi-Homing component |
02 |
Service Manager |
03 |
Request Processing |
04 |
Authentication |
05 |
Authorization |
06 |
Identity Injection |
07 |
Form Fill |
08 |
Caching |
09 |
Response Processing |
11 |
Rewriting |
12 |
Soap Channel |
14 |
IVM |
15 |
Connection Manager. |
16 |
VXE |
17 |
DataStream |
On the Linux Access Gateway Appliance, log in as root.
At the command prompt, enter the following command:
nash
To enter the configuration mode, enter the following command:
configure .current
Enter one of the following commands to configure logging:
Command |
Purpose |
---|---|
log-conf debug-soap-messages enable |
Logs all the SOAP messages between the Access Gateway and the Embedded Service Provider to the /var/log/lagsoapmessages file. |
log-conf no debug-soap-messages enable |
Disables the logging of SOAP messages between the Access Gateway and the Embedded Service Provider. |
log-conf debug-http-headers enable |
Logs all the HTTP headers between the browsers and the Access Gateway and between the Access Gateway and the Web servers to the /var/log/laghttpheaders file. |
log-conf no debug-http-headers enable |
Disables the logging of HTTP headers to the /var/log/laghttpheaders file. |
To apply changes, enter the following command:
apply
To exit from the configuration mode, enter the following command:
exit
To exit from the nash shell, enter the following command:
exit