4.1 Managing Access Gateway Logs

In the Access Gateway, logging can be configured by using Advanced Options.

4.1.1 Configuring the Log Level

  1. In the Administration Console, select Devices > Access Gateways > Edit > Advanced Options.

  2. Add the following line with appropriate log level:

        LogLevel <loglevel>

    Replace loglevel option with emerg, alert, crit, error, warn, notice, info or debug. The default log level is warn.

    Option

    Description

    emerg

    Sends only messages that render the system unusable, if they are not resolved.

    alert

    Sends only messages that require immediate action.

    crit

    Sends only messages about critical situations

    error

    Sends warning messages about recoverable errors.

    warn

    Sends warning messages.

    Notice

    Sends information about the status of a service to the service configuration logs.

    Info

    Sends informational messages such as requests sent to Web servers and the results of authentication requests.

    Debug

    Sends debug messages

  3. Click OK.

  4. Click the Access Gateways link, then click Update > OK.

On Linux the error_log file is available at /var/opt/novell/nam/logs/mag/apache2/ whereas on Windows, this file is available at \ProgramFiles\Novell\Apache\logs.

4.1.2 Configuring the Log File

  1. In the Admin console, click Devices > Access Gateways > Edit > Advanced Options

  2. Add the following line:

    ErrorLog <path to the file where logs should be recorded>

  3. Click OK.

  4. Click the Access Gateways link, then click Update > OK.