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Debugging Features

The Federation Security Services components log specific events to monitor and debug activity across the federated network.

• Web Agent log--Logs information about any request to generate a SAML assertion at a producer site
• Federation Web Services log--Logs information about requests to retrieve SAML assertions, consume SAML assertions, as well as session synchronization and notification events from the SAML Affiliate Agent
• Policy Server log--Logs the results of calls from the SAML assertion generator and SAML artifact authentication scheme. Also logs Policy Server trace messages that you configure using the Policy Server Management Profiler or using one of the provided profiler template files.
• Web Agent Option Pack logs--Logs FWS trace messages that you configure using the FWSTrace.conf file or using one of the provided trace template files.
• SAML Affiliate Agent logs--Logs information about activities at a consumer site protected by the SAML Affiliate Agent.