Manage CA Strong Authentication Server Logging Configurations

CA Strong Authentication provides extensive logging capability and provides the following log files:
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CA Strong Authentication provides extensive logging capability and provides the following log files:
  • CA Strong Authentication log file (arcotwebfort.log)
  • CA Strong Authentication Startup log file (arcotwebfortstartup.log)
  • Administration Console log file (arcotadmin.log)
  • UDS log file (arcotuds.log)
    See CA Strong Authentication Logging for detailed information about the location of these log files, the severity levels that you see in these log files, and the formats of these log files.
By using an instance-specific page, you can control logging configurations for the CA Strong Authentication log file for the instance.
Follow these steps:
See Reading Instance Timestamp Details for information about how to control the configurations in the CA Strong Authentication Statistics log file by using the Administration Console.
  1. Click the
    Services and Server Configurations
    tab in the main menu.
  2. Verify that the
    CA Strong Authentication
    tab in the submenu is active.
  3. Under the
    Instance Configurations
    section, click the
    Instance Management
    link to display the Instances page.
  4. Click the required instance link in the
    Instance Name
    column.
    The Instance name: <
    selected_instance
    > page appears.
  5. Edit the fields in the
    Logging Configurations
    section, as required. The following table describes the fields of this section:
    • Transaction Log Directory
      Specify the directory where the log files have to be created.
      You can either enter the absolute path or the path relative to ARCOT_HOME.
    • Rollover After (in Bytes)
      Enter the maximum size for the log file.
      After the log file reaches this size, the log content is moved to a backup file.
    • Transaction Log Backup Directory
      Specify the directory where the backup files will be stored.
      You can either enter the absolute path or the path relative to ARCOT_HOME.
    • Log Level
      Specify the level of detail of the information to be logged. The possible values are:
      • FATAL
      • WARNING
      • INFO
      • DETAIL
    • Log Timestamps in GMT
      Enable this option if you want the CA Strong Authentication Server instance to log all the messages in GMT time zone format.
    • Enable Trace Logging
      Enable this option if you want the CA Strong Authentication Server instance to generate logs for the functional flow for every transaction.
      This is useful while debugging any flow issues.
  6. Click
    Save
    .
  7. Refresh the CA Strong Authentication Server instance for which you made the preceding changes. See Refresh a Server Instance for instructions about the procedure.