Log Settings

To monitor EFT Server activity, you can reference EFT Server’s log files. EFT Server supports W3C, Microsoft IIS, and NCSA log file formats. Server events are logged to a file named [log file format]yymmdd.log, where YY, MM, and DD indicate the numeric year, month, and day respectively. Depending on the log file format selected, a 2-letter abbreviation is prepended to the filename, as described in the table below. For example, a log file in the Microsoft IIS format created on August 22, 2007 is named in070822.log.  

Logs are saved by default to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GlobalSCAPE\EFT Server Enterprise\Logs or C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GlobalSCAPE\EFT Server\Logs.

Outbound connection information is audited in that same folder in a log named cl<date>.log.

 

Log File Format

Abbreviation

Notes

W3C

ex

Times are specified in GMT.

Microsoft IIS

in

Time is recorded as local time.

NCSA

nc

Date, time, and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) offset

 

To specify log settings

  1. In the Administrator, connect to EFT Server and click the Server tab.

  2. In the left pane, click the Server node.

  3. In the right pane, click the Logs tab.

  4. In the Folder in which to save log files box, type the path to the directory in which to save this Server's log files. To browse for a path, click the folder icon .

    5. By default, log files are saved in the EFT Server data directory in the Log folder (e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GlobalSCAPE\EFT Server Enterprise\Logs).

  5. In the Log file format list, click W3C Extended, Microsoft IIS, NCSA Common, or No Logging.

    		6.

    Changing the log file format disconnects all active users. It is recommended to stop all Sites or wait until all users are inactive before changing the log file format.

    The W3C format records all times in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

  6. In the Log type list, click Standard or Verbose. (Verbose provides more details, but makes larger files.)

  7. In the Rotate Log File area, specify Never, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.

  8. Click Apply to save the changes on EFT Server.

  9. Stop and restart EFT Server.

    		10.

    Logs are not written to disk in real time. As events occur, EFT Server buffers those events in real time and then flushes (writes) them to file after either a) 60 lines are available or b) 32kb of log data is received in 1 second or less.

 

For information about the Audit Database Settings, refer to Auditing Database Errors and Logging.