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Chapter18 Managing System Ad ministration Configurations
Configuring Logs
Step2 Click Export to export the local certificate to a client machine.
Configuring Logs
Log records are generated for:
•Accounting messages
•AAA audit and diagnostics messages
•System diagnostics messages
•Administrative and operational audit messages
The messages are arranged in tree hierarchy structure within the logging categories (see Configuring
Logging Categories, page 18-24 for more information).
You can store log messages locally or remotely, based on the logging categories and maintenance
parameters.
This section contains the following topics:
•Configuring Remote Log Targets, page 18-21
•Configuring the Local Log, page 18-24
•Configuring Logging Categories, page 18-24
•Configuring Global Logging Categories, page 18-25
•Configuring Per-Instance Logging Categories, page 18-29
•Displaying Logging Categories, page 18-32
•Configuring the Log Collector, page18-33
•Viewing the Log Message Catalog, page 18-33
See Chapter 19, “Understanding Logging” for a description of the preco nfigured global ACS logging
categories and the messages that each contains.

Configuring Remote Log Targets

You can configure specific remote log targets (on a syslog server only) to receive the logging messages
for a specific logging category. See Chapter 19, “Understanding Logging” for more information on
remote log targets. See Configuring Logging Categories, page 1 8-24 for more information on the
preconfigured ACS logging categories.
To create a new remote log target:
Key Length Key length entered during generation of this request.Values may be 512, 1024,
2048, or 4096.
Timestamp Date certificate was created.
Friendly Name Name that is associated with the certificate.
Table18-18 Certificate Signing Request Page (continued)
Option Description