Supported Severity Levels

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log level
(or
severity level
) enables you to specify the level of detail that is captured in the CA Risk Authentication logs. This level also controls the rate at which the log grows.
Log File Examples
The following subsections show a few sample entries (based on the Log Level) in the 
CA Risk Authentication log files.
FATAL
May 27 18:31:01.585 2010 GMT FATAL: pid 4756 tid 5152: 0: 0: Cannot continue due to ARRF_LIB_init failure, SHUTTING DOWN
WARNING
May 24 14:47:39.756 2010 GMT WARNING: pid 5232 tid 5576: 0: 110000: EVALHTTPCALLOUT : Transport Exception : create: No Transports Available
INFO
May 24 14:41:43.758 2010 GMT INFO: pid 3492 tid 4904: 0: 109002: Error in ArPFExtRuleSetEval::evaluate Could not get user context (two parallel requests)
May 25 10:01:28.131 2010 GMT WARNING: pid 1048 tid 3104: 8: 0: Error in ArRFCaseStatus::startInit: No data found
DETAIL
May 24 14:52:01.219 2010 GMT LOW: pid 2132 tid 1356: 0: 111004: USERRISKEVALVELOCITYRULE : Entering USERRISKEVALVELOCITY Rule Evaluation function
 
May 24 14:52:01.219 2010 GMT LOW: pid 2132 tid 1356: 0: 111004: USERRISKEVALVELOCITYRULE: VELOCITY_DURATION=[60], VELOCITY_DURATION_UNIT=[MINUTES],                 VELOCITY_TRANSACTION_COUNT=[5]
 
May 24 14:52:01.219 2010 GMT LOW: pid 2132 tid 1356: 0: 111004: USERRISKEVALVELOCITYRULE : Entering UserRiskEvalVelocityRule durationToTimeConvertor
 
May 24 14:52:01.219 2010 GMT LOW: pid 2132 tid 1356: 0: 111004: USERRISKEVALVELOCITYRULE : Exiting ArUserRiskEvalVelocityDBO::decisionLogicForUserVelocity
 
May 24 14:52:01.219 2010 GMT LOW: pid 2132 tid 1356: 0: 111004: USERRISKEVALVELOCITYRULE : Exiting UserRiskEvalVelocityRule callUserEvalVelocityRule
 
May 24 14:52:01.219 2010 GMT LOW: pid 2132 tid 1356: 0: 111004: USERRISKEVALVELOCITYRULE : USERRISKEVALVELOCITY.RESULT=[0]
 
May 24 14:52:01.219 2010 GMT LOW: pid 2132 tid 1356: 0: 111004: USERRISKEVALVELOCITYRULE : USERRISKEVALVELOCITY.DETAIL=[RESULT=0;TCOUNT=2; ACT=mection]
 
May 24 14:52:01.219 2010 GMT LOW: pid 2132 tid 1356: 0: 111004: USERRISKEVALVELOCITYRULE : Exiting USERRISKEVALVELOCITY Rule Evaluation function
Server Log File Severity Levels
The following table describes the log levels that you see in server log files, in the 
decreasing
 order of severity.
Log Level
Description
0
FATAL
Use this log level for serious, unrecoverable errors that can cause the abrupt termination of the CA Risk Authentication service.
At the FATAL level, only situations which indicate a fatal problem is logged.
1
WARNING
Use this log level for undesirable run-time exceptions, potentially harmful situations, and recoverable problems that are not yet FATAL.
2
INFO
Use this log level for capturing information about run-time events.
In other words, this information highlights the progress of the application, which might include changes in:
Server state, such as start, stop, and restart.
Server properties.
State of services.
State of processes on the Server.
For example, there are some logs that are always to be printed to indicate that requests are being received and that they are being processed. These logs appear at the INFO level.
3
LOW
DETAIL
Use this log level for logging detailed information for debugging purposes. This might include process tracing and changes in Server states.
When you specify a log level, message from all other levels of
higher
significance are reported too. For example, if the LogLevel is specified as 3, then messages with log levels of FATAL, WARNING, and INFO are also captured.
Advanced Authentication
and UDS Log File Severity Levels
The following table describes the format of the entries in the following log files:
  • arcotuds.log (UDS Log File)
  • arcotadmin.log (
    Advanced Authentication
    Log File)
Column
Associated Pattern
(In the Log File)
Description
Time Stamp
%d{yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss,SSS z} :
The time when the entry was logged. This entry uses the application server time zone. The format of logging this information is:
yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss,mis z
Here:
mis represents milliseconds.
z represents the time zone.
Thread ID
[%t] :
The ID of the thread that logged the entry.
Log Level
(or Severity)
%-5p :
The severity level of the logged entry.
See "Supported Severity Levels" for more information.
Logger Class
%-5c{3}(%L) :
The name of the logger that made the log request.
Message
%m%n :
The message the Server that is logged in the log file in the free-flowing format.
Note:
The granularity of the message depends on the Log Level that you set in the log file.
Refer to the following URL for customizing the PatternLayout parameter in the UDS and Administration Console log files: