---
title: ABS logs
description: The active API Behavioral Security (ABS) log file abs.log is located in the logs directory and rotated every 24 hours at midnight local time.
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---

# ABS logs

The active API Behavioral Security (ABS) log file `abs.log` is located in the logs directory and rotated every 24 hours at midnight local time.

The rotated log files append timestamps to the name and follow the naming convention of `abs.log.`*\<yyyy>*-*\<mm>*-*\<dd>* (for example, `abs.log.2018-11-24`).

Here is an example:

```
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 68K Apr 25 23:59 abs.log.2019-04-25
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 68K Apr 25 23:59 abs.log.2019-04-24
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 68K Apr 26 23:59 abs.log.2018-04-26
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 158K Apr 27 23:59 abs.log.2018-04-27
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 32K Apr 28 11:21 abs.log
```

The ABS log file contains `INFO` messages (for example, ABS started, MongoDB status) and `ERROR` messages (for example, MongoDB is not reachable). The log files also contains entry of all the email alerts sent.

Here is a snippet of an `abs.log` file:

```
2019-04-28 11:16:45 INFO - starting abs periodic actions
2019-04-28 11:16:45 INFO - MongoDB heartbeat success
2019-04-28 11:16:45 INFO - notification node not set.
2019-04-28 11:16:45 INFO - training period 1 hours.
2019-04-28 11:16:45 INFO - system threshold update interval 1 hour(s).
2019-04-28 11:16:45 INFO - api discovery interval 1 hour(s).
2019-04-28 11:16:45 INFO - subpath limit: 100
2019-04-28 11:16:45 INFO - ABS started successfully...
2019-04-28 11:17:45 INFO - MongoDB heartbeat success
2019-04-28 11:19:45 ERROR - MongoDB heartbeat failure
```