--- title: Synchronization logs and messages description: PingDataSync provides a standard set of default log files to monitor the server activity. View this set of logs in the /logs directory. The following default log files are available. component: pingdirectory version: 11.0 page_id: pingdirectory:pingdatasync_server_administration_guide:pd_sync_logs_messages canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/pingdatasync_server_administration_guide/pd_sync_logs_messages.html revdate: September 13, 2023 --- # Synchronization logs and messages PingDataSync provides a standard set of default log files to monitor the server activity. View this set of logs in the `/logs` directory. The following default log files are available. **PingDataSync logs** | Log file | Description | | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | access | File-based Access Log that records Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) *(tooltip: \
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)* operations processed by PingDataSync. Access log records can be used to provide information about problems during operation processing and about the time required to process each operation. | | config-audit.log | Records information about changes made to the server configuration in a format that can be replayed using the `dsconfig` command. | | errors | File-based Error Log that provides information about warnings, errors, and significant events that are not errors but occur during server processing. | | server.out | Records anything written to standard output or standard error, which includes startup messages. If garbage collection debugging is enabled, then the information will be written to `server.out`. | | server.pid | Stores the server's processID. | | server.status | Stores the timestamp, a status code, and an optional message that provides additional information about the server status. | | setup.log | Records messages that occur during the initial server configuration with the `setup` command. | | sync | File-based Sync Log that records synchronization operations processed by the server. Specifically, the log records all changes applied, detected or failed; dropped operations that were not synchronized; changes dropped because of being out of scope, or no changes needed for synchronization. | | sync-pipe-cfg.txt | Records the configuration changes used with the `bin/create-sync-pipe-config` command. The file is placed wherever the command is run. Typically, this is in `` or in the `bin` directory. | | tools | Holds logs for long running utilities. Current and previous copies of the log are present in the directory. | | update.log | Records messages that occur during a server upgrade. |