Setting the Logging Type

Overview

Secret Server Web nodes and distributed engines log levels are remotely configurable and collectable. This feature is especially useful for large systems with many nodes and engines.

Configuration for the web nodes is found on the Server Nodes configuration page, alongside role settings. Configuration for distributed engines is found in the Distributed Engine configuration page. Log levels include: All, Debug, Info, Warn, Error, Off, and Not Set (the default). Previously, manual configuration file changes were required. "Not Set" relies on the configuration files for the logging level, which was the previous default behavior.

The diagnostic feature for collecting logs is improved and now gathers logs from all nodes and engines.

This feature is at Admin > Server Nodes and Admin >

Setting the Logging Level

Secret Server Web Servers

For Web servers, you can set the log Level for web server nodes from the Server Nodes page:

  1. Go to Admin > See All. A list of admin settings appears.

  2. Click the Server Nodes link. The Server Nodes page appears:

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  3. Click the edit icon next to the server you want to change. The settings become editable.

  4. Click the Log Level dropdown list to select the desired level.

  5. Click the save icon on the far right to save the change.

Distributed Engines

Similarly, for distribution engines:

  1. Go to Admin > Distributed Engine. The Distributed Engine page appears:

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  2. Hover the mouse pointer over the desired engine. Three dots appear on the far right.

  3. Click the dots icon and select Show Settings. The Engine Settings popup page appears:

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  4. Click the Log Level dropdown list to select the desired level.

  5. Click the OK button to save the change.