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Log Messages for Federation Web Services at the Web Agent

The Federation Web Services (FWS) application, installed with the Web Agent Option Pack, represents the federation client. The component that controls the trace messages and monitors FWS activity is the Fed_Client component.

Within the Fed_Client component, the following sub components are included:

• single sign-on--monitors single sign-on activity
• single logout--monitors requests for single logout.
• discovery profile--monitors the identity provider discovery profile related activity.
• administration--watches administration-related messages
• request--monitors request and authentication activity.
• general--monitors activity not covered by the other subcomponents.
• configuration--monitors SAML 2.0 Service Provider configuration messages

FWS uses the common tracing facility used by the Web Agent to log trace messages. The following files are used to set up trace logging:

• trace configuration file--the configuration file that determines which components and events FWS monitors. The default file is FWSTrace.conf.
• trace log file--the output file for all the logged messages. You provide a name and the location for this file in the Web Agent configuration file.
• Web Agent configuration file or Agent Configuration Object--contains the logging parameters that enable logging and format the log. It does not define message content.