Configuring Log Settings Parent topic

You can configure the level of detail that IMSS writes to the logs and the length of time it stores them. In addition, you can set the update period that controls how frequently the scanner services write their local logs to the IMSS admin database.

Procedure

  1. Go to Logs → Settings.
    The Log Settings screen appears.
  2. Configure Reporting Logs.
    • Database log update interval: IMSS updates the logs regularly at every interval. Select a number between 1 and 60 for the interval. Selecting 60 means that IMSS updates the logs once every hour.
    • Number of days to keep logs for query: Specify a value between 1 and 60 that represents the number of days IMSS preserves the report logs in the IMSS admin database.
  3. Under Log Files, configure the following:
    • Application log detail level: The level of log detail. Select one of the following:
      • Normal: The standard level of detail. This level provides the basic information needed by an administrator for daily monitoring and maintenance.
      • Detailed: A high level of detail. All IMSS processes write detailed information to the logs, including: POP3 session information, the policy matched, the filter executed, and the action taken.
      • Diagnostic: Comprehensive information on each event or action. Diagnostic level logs include all information from the detailed level, plus SMTP routing information, and the route match information that determined which policy was applied.
      • Debug: The most complete and verbose level of detail. Debug logs are only recommended when troubleshooting.
      Note
      Note
      Diagnostic or debug logs might consume excessive IMSS resources and could reduce system performance.
    • Number of days to keep log files: Select the check box and specify a number between 1 and 150 that represents the number of days IMSS keeps the local log files. To prevent IMSS from deleting the log files, clear the check box.
    • Maximum log file size for each service: Select the check box and specify a number between 100 and 99999 that represents the size in MB for local log files for each type of process or service. To remove any size restriction, clear the check box.
      Note
      Note
      IMSS log files are stored in the folder /opt/trend/imss/log by default.
      Daily log files for each event type are created at midnight and have the suffix "<Date>.<Count>". The <Count> suffix is incremented if there is more than one (1) log file per day.
      If the log file size exceeds the maximum log file size for each service, IMSS will delete the oldest file.
  4. Click Save.