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Log Messages for Federation Services at the Policy Server

The component that controls the trace messages for federation services at the Policy Server is the Fed_Server component. This component monitors activity for the assertion generator and the SAML authentication scheme.

To configure logging at the Policy Server, use the Policy Server Profiler. The Profiler is available from the Policy Server Management Console, and it is a graphical user interface that lets you specify the following:

trace configuration file

Defines the components and subcomponents that are included in the file.

trace log file

Specifies the output file for all the logged messages.

The following subcomponents are available for the Fed_Server component:

Configuration

Monitors SAML 2.0 Service Provider configuration activity.

Assertion_Generator

Watches the activity for the SAML 1.x and 2.0 assertion generators.

Auth_Scheme

Monitors the activity of the SAML 1.x or SAML 2.0 authentication schemes.

Saml_Requester

Watches SAML Requester activity

Attribute_Service

Watches the Attribute Service activity