Logging Documentation

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Request Logs

The 'Request Logs' window catches the traffic on each policy server, by polling the request logs every second.

See also: Viewing Logs

WebAdmin Logs

The WebAdmin Logs tab displays a record of events generated by the WebAdmin. .

Policy Logs

This tab displays a record of the events generated by the Policy Service.

Reporter Logs

The Reporter Logs Messages Tab is a record of events generated by the reporting daemon (a.k.a. nsreporter).

Proxy Logs

This is a record of the events generated by the NSProxy including information on loading configuration, proxy name and address.

Logging Overview

Request Logs

Logger Service

Netsweeper logging makes use of the Netsweeper LogMod5 logging framework, which is a graph-based framework that provides a high level of flexibility.

Read: Logger Service

Request Logs

The 'Request Logs' window catches the traffic on each policy server, by polling the request logs every second.

Read: Request Logs

LogMod5 Overview

This document describes some very simple configurations that can be used to solve a variety of common logging requirements. In general, these settings can be used as is or as a reference to build even more complex logging configurations to meet specific requirements.

Read: LogMod5 Overview

LogMod5 Node Definitions

This section gives detailed description of each node and provides important details on fault handling, configuration requirements and parameters, and all other details necessary for using each type of node.

Read: LogMod5 Node Definitions

Loggertest

The loggertest utility composes and sends the network message for requests to the remote logging system. It can be used for logging system testing, test log files preparation for reporter testing and as an interface for other scripts and programs that need to save their own logs into Request Logs.

Read: loggertest Documentation

Log Parser

This document contains an overview to syslog, syslogparser and nslogparserctl providing flexible log file parsing similar to radius account log style of parsing. This service may need to be enabled in Managed Service in WebAdmin Settings to be viewable in the Services page.

Read: Log Parser

Reporter Logging

When an Internet request goes through the Netsweeper filtering system, Netsweeper records information about the request in its ‘Request Logs’. You can use the Netsweeper Reporter subsystem to create different kinds of reports from the Request Logs.

Read: Reporter Logging

Logging Use Cases

This document has logging examples.

Read: Logging Use Cases

Logging Windows

This section provides a brief description of the Logs menu options.

Read: Viewing Logs

General Settings - System Configuration

This section of 'WebAdmin Settings', allows you to change various general logging options in the WebAdmin.

General Settings - System Configuration