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title: Enabling the Stats Logger
description: By default, the Stats Logger plugin is disabled. Enable it using the dsconfig tool (and its Advanced Objects menu and Plugin option) or the administrative console (and its Advanced Configuration menu and Plugin Root option).
component: pingauthorize
version: 10.1
page_id: pingauthorize:pingauthorize_server_administration_guide:paz_enable_stats_logger
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingauthorize/10.1/pingauthorize_server_administration_guide/paz_enable_stats_logger.html
revdate: January 26, 2023
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
---

# Enabling the Stats Logger

By default, the Stats Logger plugin is disabled. Enable it using the `dsconfig` tool (and its Advanced Objects menu and Plugin option) or the administrative console (and its Advanced Configuration menu and Plugin Root option).

## About this task

The steps below show how to use `dsconfig` to enable the plugin.

## Steps

1. Run `dsconfig` in interactive mode. Enter the LDAP or LDAPS connection parameters when prompted.

   ### Example:

   ```shell
   $ bin/dsconfig
   ```

2. Enter `o` to change to the Advanced Objects menu.

3. On the main menu, enter the number for the Plugin menu.

4. On the Plugin menu, enter the number corresponding to view and edit an existing plugin.

5. On the Plugin selection list, enter the number corresponding to the Stats Logger.

6. On the Stats Logger Plugin menu, enter the number to set the `enabled` property to `TRUE`.

   If the server is idle, nothing is logged. You can log data even when idle by setting the `suppress-if-idle` property to `FALSE`(`suppress-if-idle=false`).

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   |   | On this menu, you can also change the format from `csv` to `json`. |

7. When done changing properties, enter `f` to save and apply the configuration.

   The default logger logs information about the server every second to `<server-root>/logs/dsstats.csv`. You can open the file in a spreadsheet.