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- Overview
- Details of the "Logs" tab
- Managing the log file
- Error report by email
- View logs
WEBDEV Administrator: Logs tab
The "Logs" tab is used to: - view the log details for a specific period.
- configure the sending of error reports by email.
Caution: To use this feature, site logs must have been enabled. The logs can be enabled: - in the "Logs" tab to create a general log,
- in the "Sites" and "web services" tabs ("Parameters" button) to manage a specific log.
When the statistics log is enabled, an error log is automatically created. Details of the "Logs" tab Managing the log file
The WEBDEV administrator can generate a specific log file to track your website traffic. - Generate a log file (.log) in the directory:
This option allows you to generate a log file (".LOG" extension) used to see the traffic statistics of WEBDEV websites via WDStatistics. For more details, see the help page on WDStatistics.
The location of log file can be specified in the edit control.
This option can be modified for each site in the "Sites" tab. - Save in the global file and in the file of each application:
This option records statistics in the log file of both the application and the server. If the log file is defined at both server and application level ("Sites" tab), some information may be "lost". The table below presents the different possible cases:
| | | | | Application log | Server log | "Save in the global file and in the file of each application" option checked | Result | | No | No | Any | No log. | | No | Yes | Any | Backup in the server log. | | Yes | No | Any | Backup in the application log. | | Yes | Yes | No | Backup in the application log. | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Backup in the server log and in the application log. |
Note: If the log file is enabled, the error log can be viewed in the "Logs" tab of the administrator. Error report by email The WEBDEV Application Server periodically examines the logs and it can email error reports. To enable the generation of error reports: - Enable the logs if necessary.
- In the "Logs" tab of WEBDEV administrator, click the "Error report by email" button.
- In the error report window, check "Enable error reports: Analyzes logs periodically (daily, weekly and monthly) and sends error reports by email. Logging must be enabled for this option to work.".
You can:
- Configure the recipients of general report. The general report affects all the WEBDEV applications installed on the Web server. This configuration is carried out directly in the error report management window..
- Configure the recipients of error report for each site or Web service ("Sites" or "Web services" tab, "Parameters" button).
To configure the recipients:
- Click "+".
- Specify:
- the recipient address.
- the email frequency: Daily, weekly, monthly.
- the send conditions:
- only if an error occurred (option checked)
- systematically (option unchecked).
Remarks: - The error reports are created every day at midnight and when starting the server. They are sent according to the requested frequency.
- The configuration of SMTP parameters required to send the error reports is performed in the window for managing error reports.
- If the error reports are not received, check the specified SMTP parameters. If sending via SMTP fails, the information is specified in the logs of the system used.
View logs To see the details of logs: - Select the time period to analyze.
- Select the type of log to analyze.
- Click the "Refresh" button.
- Only the elements for which errors occurred during the selected period are displayed.
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