Chapter 20
Logs
Logs are files where history of certain events performed through or detected by WinRoute are recorded and kept. Each log is displayed in a window in the Logs section.
Each event is represented by one record line. Each line starts with a time mark in brack- ets (date and time when the event took place, in seconds). This mark is followed by an information, depending on the log type. If the record includes a URL, it is displayed as a hypertext link. Follow the link to open the page in your default browser.
Optionally, records of each log may be recorded in files on the local disk7 and/or on the Syslog server.
Locally, the logs are saved in the files under the logs subdirectory where WinRoute is installed. The file names have this pattern:
file_name.log
(e.g. debug.log). Each log includes an .idx file, i.e. an indexing file allowing faster access to the log when displayed in Administration Console.
Individual logs can be rotated — after a certain time period or when a threshold of the file size is reached, log files are stored and new events are logged to a new (empty) file.
Administration Console allows to save a selected log (or its part) in a file as plaintext or in HTML. The log saved can be analysed by various tools, published on web servers, etc.
20.1 Log settings
Log parameters (file names, rotation, sending to a Syslog server) can be set in the Con- figuration → Accounting section. In this section of the guide an overview of all logs used by WinRoute are provided.
Note: If the log is not saved in a file on the disk, only records generated since the last login to WinRoute Firewall Engine will be shown in the Administration Console. After logout (or closing of Administration Console), the records will be lost.
7Local disk is a disk of the computer where WinRoute is installed, not a computer where Administration Console is running!
