Directory Server Logs

View this set of logs in the PingDirectory/logs directory. The following default log files are available on the Directory Server and are defined in the following table.

Log File Description

access

File-based Access Log that records operations processed by the Directory Server. Access log records can be used to provide information about problems during operation processing, such as unindexed searches, failed requests, and so forth, and provide information about the time required to process each operation.

change-notifications.log

Records changes to data anywhere in the server, which match one or more configured change subscriptions.

config-audit.log

Records information about changes made to the Directory Server configuration in a format that can be replayed using the dsconfig tool.

errors

File-based Error Log. Provides information about warnings, errors, and significant events that occur during server processing.

expensive-ops

Expensive Operations Log. Disabled by default. Provides only those operations that took longer than 1000 milliseconds to complete.

failed-ops

Failed Operations Log. Provides information on all operations that failed in single-line log format.

replication

Records any replication errors and publishes them to the file system.

searches-returning-no-entries

Searches Returning No Entries Log. Disabled by default. Provides information only on operations that did not return any entries.

server.out

Records anything written to standard output or standard error, which includes startup messages. If garbage collection debugging is enabled, then the information is written to server.out.

server.pid

Stores the server’s process ID.

server.status

Stores the timestamp, a status code, and an optional message providing additional information on the server status.

setup.log

Records messages that occur during the initial configuration of a Directory Server with the setup tool.

tools

Directory that holds logs for long running utilities import-ldif, export-ldif, backup, restore, and verify-index. Current and previous copies of the log are present in the Directory Server.

update.log

Records messages that occur during a Directory Server update.