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Manage CA AuthMinder Server Logging Configurations

CA AuthMinder provides extensive logging capability and provides the following log files:

• CA AuthMinder log file (arcotwebfort.log)
• CA AuthMinder Startup log file (arcotwebfortstartup.log)
• Administration Console log file (arcotadmin.log)
• UDS log file (arcotuds.log)

  Note: See CA AuthMinder Logging for detailed information about the location of these log files, the severity levels that you see in these log files, and the formats of these log files.

By using an instance-specific page, you can control logging configurations for the CA AuthMinder log file for the instance.

Follow these steps:

Note: See Reading Instance Timestamp Details for information about how to control the configurations in the CA AuthMinder Statistics log file by using the Administration Console.

1. Click the Services and Server Configurations tab in the main menu.
2. Verify that the CA Strong Authentication tab in the submenu is active.
3. Under the Instance Configurations section, click the Instance Management link to display the Instances page.
4. Click the required instance link in the Instance Name column.

   The Instance name: <selected_instance> page appears.

5. Edit the fields in the Logging Configurations section, as required. The following table describes the fields of this section:

   Transaction Log Directory

   Specify the directory where the log files have to be created.

   You can either enter the absolute path or the path relative to ARCOT_HOME.

   Rollover After (in Bytes)

   Enter the maximum size for the log file.

   After the log file reaches this size, the log content is moved to a backup file.

   Transaction Log Backup Directory

   Specify the directory where the backup files will be stored.

   You can either enter the absolute path or the path relative to ARCOT_HOME.

   Log Level

   Specify the level of detail of the information to be logged. The possible values are:

   • FATAL
   • WARNING
   • INFO
   • DETAIL

   Log Timestamps in GMT

   Enable this option if you want the CA AuthMinder Server instance to log all the messages in GMT time zone format.

   Enable Trace Logging

   Enable this option if you want the CA AuthMinder Server instance to generate logs for the functional flow for every transaction.

   This is useful while debugging any flow issues.

6. Click Save.
7. Refresh the CA AuthMinder Server instance for which you made the preceding changes. See Refresh a Server Instance for instructions about the procedure.