Federation Security Services Guide › Federation Security Services Trace Logging › Set Up and Enabling Trace Logging › Log Messages for Federation Services at the Policy Server
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 will be included in the file.
- trace log file--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
