Logging and reporting

Viewing logs saved to memory

 

 

Viewing logs saved to memory

If the FortiGate is configured to save log messages in system memory, you can use the web-based manager to view, search, and clear the log messages. This section describes:

Viewing logs

Searching logs

Viewing logs

Log messages are listed with the most recent message at the top. Use the following procedure to view log messages saved in system memory:

1Go to Log&Report > Logging.

2Select Event Log, Attack Log, Antivirus Log, Web Filter Log, or Email Filter Log. The web-based manager lists the log messages saved in system memory.

3Scroll through the log messages to view them.

4To view a specific line in the log, type a line number in the Go to line field and select

.

5To navigate through the log message pages, select Go to next page or Go to previous page .

Searching logs

Use the following procedure to search log messages saved in system memory:

1Go to Log&Report > Logging.

2Select Event Log, Attack Log, Antivirus Log, Web Filter Log, or Email Filter Log.

3Select to search the messages in the selected log.

4Select AND to search for messages that match all the specified search criteria.

5Select OR to search for messages that match one or more of the specified search criteria.

6Select one or more of the following search criteria:

Keyword

To search for any text in a log message. Keyword searching is

 

case-sensitive.

Time

To search log messages created during the selected year, month, day, and

 

hour.

7Select OK to run the search.

The web-based manager displays the messages that match the search criteria. You can scroll through the messages or run another search.

Note: After running a search, to display all log messages again, run another search but leave all the search fields blank.

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