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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
• 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.
• Policy Server and Policy Server Option Pack logs--Logs Policy Server trace messages that you configure using the Policy Server Management Profiler or using one of the provided profiler template files.
• SAML Affiliate Agent logs--Logs information about activities at a consumer site protected by the SAML Affiliate Agent.