Change the message format in log files

We can change the message format for a server-specific message log file.

To change the message format for a server-specific message log file, complete the following steps:

Steps

  1. Go to the directory where the routing file is located. The default location for the ISAM servers is one of the following operating system-specific locations:

      AIX, Linux, and Solaris operating systems
      /opt/PolicyDirector/etc/

      Windows operating systems
      %PD_HOME%\etc\

    The default location for a WebSEAL server is one of the following operating system-specific locations:

      AIX, Linux, and Solaris operating systems
      /opt/pdweb/etc/

      Windows operating systems
      %PD_WEB%\etc\

  2. Edit the appropriate server-related routing file. The following list contains the names of the routing files:

      pdmgrd_routing
      The routing file for the policy server

      pdacld_routing
      The routing file for the authorization server

      routing
      The routing file used for the C runtime

      routing
      The routing file for the WebSEAL server

    Although the routing file for the C runtime and the WebSEAL server have the same file name, these files are in different directories.

  3. Find the statement that defines how to log messages of a specific severity. For example, find the ERROR statement in the routing file to change the logging of error messages. The ERROR statement might be similar the following statement: 
    ERROR:STDOUT:-;UTF8FILE:pd_install_dir/log/msg__pdmgrd_utf8.log
:644:ivmgr:ivmgr
    where pd_install_dir is either /var/PolicyDirector or the directory that is defined by the tivoli_common_dir stanza entry of the pd.conf configuration file (/var/ibm/tivoli/common).For example, to log error messages in the XML format and to log these messages to the msg__error.log file, make the following changes:

    1. Change UTF8FILE to XMLFILE
    2. Change msg__pdmgrd_utf8.log to msg__error.log

    The following statement is the result of these changes: 

    ERROR:STDOUT:-;XMLFILE:pd_install_dir/log/msg__error.log
:644:ivmgr:ivmgr

  4. Save and exit the routing file.

After this statement is changed, ERROR messages are written to the standard output device in ASCII text and written to the msg__error.log file in the XML format.

Parent topic: Message event logging