PingDirectory

Creating a file based access log publisher

The PingDirectory server supports different types of log publishers that can be used to provide monitoring information for operations, access, debug, and error messages that occur during normal server processing.

About this task

The server provides a standard set of default log files as well as mechanisms to configure custom log publishers with their own log rotation and retention policies. The filed based access log publisher publishes access messages with information about the operations processed by the server. For more information, see Types of log publishers.

Steps

  1. Start the administrative console.

  2. In the main menu, select Configuration, and in the Logging, Monitoring, and Notifications section, select Log Retention Policies.

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  3. In the New Log Retention Policy list, select your desired policy and fill out the fields according to the help text.

  4. Click Save.

  5. Return to the Logging, Monitoring, and Notifications section and select Log Rotation Policies.

  6. In the New Log Rotation Policy list, select your desired policy and fill out the fields according to the help text.

  7. Click Save.

  8. Return to the Logging, Monitoring, and Notifications section and select Log Publishers.

  9. In the New Log Publisher list, select File Based Access Log Publisher.

  10. Fill out the fields according to the help text. In the Rotation Policy field of the Log File Management section, select your desired rotation policy in the Available list, and click the Add Value button to activate the policy.

  11. Repeat step 10 for the Retention Policy field.

  12. Click Save.