Configure logs

Configure different options to manage the quantity and size of the log files and other log related settings.

  1. From the top-level menu of the Appliance Dashboard, select Manage > Maintenance > Log Retrieval and Configuration. The Log Retrieval and Configuration page consists of two tabs.
    • Appliance
    • Identity

    To work with these tabs, see Retrieving logs.

  2. Click Configure. The Logging Configuration window consists of these tabs.

    General
    This tab contains information about log rollover settings, such as maximum log file rotation size and maximum number of historical log files.Provide the following details:

    Maximum size for log file rotation
    The maximum size in megabytes of the log file.

    Maximum number of historical log files
    The maximum number of historical log files.

    To edit the existing log details, specify new values.

    Identity Manager
    This tab contains information about identity-specific logging details, such as date format, time format, package, and trace levels. Also, it contains information about updating various properties from enRoleLogging.properties file. Provide the following identity-details:

    Date Format
    Specify a format for that date to assign for the logs.

    Time Format
    Specify a format for the time to assign for the logs.

    New
    Do these steps:

    1. Click New to add a package name.

    2. In the Package Name column, select a package name from the list and assign it to the Identity log.

    3. In the Trace Level column, select a trace level from the list and assign it to the Identity log.

    Delete
    Select a record and click Delete.
    To edit an existing package name, we can take any of the following actions.

    1. Select another package name from the list.

    2. Select another trace level from the list.
    To change various properties from enRoleLogging.properties file, take the following actions:

    1. Click New to add a IBM Security Identity Manager logging property name.

    2. In the Property name column, select a property name from the list.

    3. In the Property value column, click to type a property value.
    To edit an existing property, take the following actions:

    1. Select a property name from the list.

    2. Enter a property value.

    For a set of available properties for modification, see enRoleLogging.properties.

    Application Server
    This tab contains information about application server-specific logging properties, such as package and trace levels. Do these steps:

    New
    Do these steps:

    1. Click New to add a package name.

    2. In the Package Name column, click to type a package name and assign it to the application server log.

    3. In the Tracing Level column, select a trace level from the list and assign it to the application server log.

    Delete
    Select a record and click Delete.
    To edit an existing package name, we can take one of the following actions.

    1. Enter another package name.

    2. Select another trace level from the list.

    SDI
    This tab contains information about Security Directory Integrator logging properties, such as package and trace levels. Do these steps:

    New
    Do these steps:

    1. Click New to add a package name.

    2. In the Package Name column, select a package name from the list and assign it to the Security Directory Integrator log.

    3. In the Trace Level column, select a trace level from the list and assign it to the Security Directory Integrator log.

    Delete
    Select a record and click Delete.
    To edit an existing package name, we can take one of the following actions.

    1. Select another package name from the list.

    2. Select another trace level from the list.

  3. Click Save Configuration. Depending on the changes that you made on any of these tabs, a message indicates to restart the server in the Notifications widget.

Parent topic: Manage the log configuration