Directory Services 7.4.2

File Based Audit Log Publisher

File Based Audit Log Publishers publish access messages to the file system.

Parent

The File Based Audit Log Publisher object inherits from Access Log Publisher.

Dependencies

File Based Audit Log Publishers depend on the following objects:

File Based Audit Log Publisher properties

You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property value substitution.

Basic Properties Advanced Properties

append
enabled
filtering-policy
log-file
log-file-permissions
retention-policy
rotation-policy

asynchronous
auto-flush
buffer-size
java-class
queue-size
suppress-internal-operations
suppress-synchronization-operations
time-interval

Basic properties

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

append

Synopsis

Specifies whether to append to existing log files.

Default value

true

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

enabled

Synopsis

Indicates whether the Log Publisher is enabled for use.

Default value

None

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

filtering-policy

Synopsis

Specifies how filtering criteria should be applied to log records.

Default value

no-filtering

Allowed values

  • exclusive: Records must not match any of the filtering criteria in order to be logged.

  • inclusive: Records must match at least one of the filtering criteria in order to be logged.

  • no-filtering: No filtering will be performed, and all records will be logged.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

log-file

Synopsis

The file name to use for the log files generated by the File Based Audit Log Publisher. The path to the file is relative to the server root.

Default value

None

Allowed values

A path to an existing file that is readable by the server.

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

The object must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect.

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

log-file-permissions

Synopsis

The UNIX permissions of the log files created by this File Based Audit Log Publisher.

Default value

640

Allowed values

A valid UNIX mode string. The mode string must contain three digits between zero and seven.

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

retention-policy

Synopsis

The retention policy to use for the File Based Audit Log Publisher .

Description

When multiple policies are used, log files are cleaned when any of the policy’s conditions are met.

Default value

No retention policy is used and log files are never cleaned.

Allowed values

The name of an existing log-retention-policy.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

rotation-policy

Synopsis

The rotation policy to use for the File Based Audit Log Publisher .

Description

When multiple policies are used, rotation will occur if any policy’s conditions are met.

Default value

No rotation policy is used and log rotation will not occur.

Allowed values

The name of an existing log-rotation-policy.

Multi-valued

Yes

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

No

Read-only

No

Advanced properties

Use the --advanced option to access advanced properties.

asynchronous

Synopsis

Indicates whether the File Based Audit Log Publisher will publish records asynchronously.

Default value

true

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

auto-flush

Synopsis

Specifies whether to flush the writer after every log record.

Description

If the asynchronous writes option is used, the writer is flushed after all the log records in the queue are written.

Default value

true

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

buffer-size

Synopsis

Specifies the log file buffer size.

Default value

64kb

Allowed values

Uses size syntax.

Lower limit: 1.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

java-class

Synopsis

The fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the File Based Audit Log Publisher implementation.

Default value

org.opends.server.loggers.TextAuditLogPublisher

Allowed values

A Java class that extends or implements:

  • org.opends.server.loggers.LogPublisher

Multi-valued

No

Required

Yes

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

queue-size

Synopsis

The maximum number of log records that can be stored in the asynchronous queue.

Default value

5000

Allowed values

An integer.

Lower limit: 1.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

suppress-internal-operations

Synopsis

Indicates whether internal operations (for example, operations that are initiated by plugins) should be logged along with the operations that are requested by users.

Default value

true

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

suppress-synchronization-operations

Synopsis

Indicates whether access messages that are generated by synchronization operations should be suppressed.

Default value

false

Allowed values

true

false

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No

time-interval

Synopsis

Specifies the interval at which to check whether the log files need to be rotated.

Default value

5s

Allowed values

Lower limit: 1 milliseconds.

Multi-valued

No

Required

No

Admin action required

None

Advanced

Yes

Read-only

No