Syslog logging
Information about using syslog to collect and store
VIP Enterprise Gateway
logs.Although
VIP Enterprise Gateway
log files can be viewed from Configuration Console
, it may not be a practical way to monitor the system. You can configure the syslog server as a syslog logging server to collect and store most of the VIP Enterprise Gateway
logs. The logs are still stored in files.See Configuring syslog.
By default,
VIP Enterprise Gateway
uses the LOG_LOCAL0 facility for syslog. In the default configuration, all syslogs for the LOG_LOCAL0 facility go to /var/log/messages. To configure a different location for syslogs, update the /etc/syslog.conf
file as described:The log levels that you configure for the
VIP Enterprise Gateway
in the Configuration Console
override the log levels you set here.- Set the syslog facility level to the same as what is set inVIP Enterprise GatewayConfiguration Console. For example:local0.* /var/log/vipeg_9_8.logWhere * indicates the levels of logging.Refer to thesyslog.confmain page for more details on customized configurations.
- Send a SIGHUP signal to the syslog process.
You can use the following filters in the syslog server to categorize the logs according to
VIP Enterprise Gateway
components:Filters | Description |
|---|---|
vipegconsole | To filter the logs that are related to VIP Enterprise Gateway console. |
SSP | To filter the logs that are related to VIP Enterprise Gateway Self Service Portal. |
VIPMGR | To filter the logs that are related to VIP Enterprise Gateway VIP Manager IdP. |
LDAP Sync | To filter the logs that are related to VIP Enterprise Gateway LDAP Directory synchronization. |
ValidationServer | To filter the logs that are related to VIP Enterprise Gateway Validation server. |
JettyServer | To filter the logs that are related to VIP Enterprise Gateway Jetty Server logs. |
If you want to get all the logs related to
VIP Enterprise Gateway
components, use all the filters that are described in VIP Enterprise Gateway
log filters.Syslog supports large messages without any message truncations. You can view a unique sequence number with each individual line of syslog. This sequence number acts as the identifier for the line of log. If the message is larger than 1024 Bytes,
VIP Enterprise Gateway
splits the message in the application-level and introduces tags to identify the continuity.