Names of server logs

Server messages are messages generated by the daemons and servers associated with ISAM.

Unlike runtime messages from C applications, which are written to different log files based on severity, server messages are always written to the message log for that particular server. Thus, all FATAL, WARNING, ERROR, NOTICE, and NOTICE_VERBOSE messages for the policy server are written to the msg__pdmgrd_utf8.log file. Similarly, WebSEAL messages are written to the msg__webseald-instance_name.log file.

Table 1 lists the default names for the server message log files.

Server	Default message log file
ISAM policy server	msg__pdmgrd_utf8.log
ISAM authorization server	msg__pdacld_utf8.log
Security Verify Access WebSEAL	msg__webseald-instance_name.log
Security Verify Access Attribute Retrieval Service	msg__amwebars_exceptions.log

By default, the ISAM server message log files (the ones that start with msg__) are allowed to grow without bound. Be sure to periodically check the available disk space and adjust as necessary. We might want to archive or prune the log files on a periodic basis as well.

We can change the name, location, and put size constraints on the server message log files as explained in Tracing configuration file entries.

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