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Log Configuration Parameters

To view or change the virtual machine logging configuration, select Log in the left-hand pane of the Settings window.

The overview below shows each of the fields in the log configuration window and describes their operation.

• Log file: display only field.

• Severity: set the minimum level of messages that should be reported. Legal values are debug, info, warning, error and fatal. The default is info.

• Output to: specifies the location to which virtual machine logging information should be written. The default is file.

  • file: write virtual machine logging information only to the file shown in the Log file parameter.

  • console: write virtual machine logging information only to the virtual machine console.

  • all: write virtual machine logging information to both the file show in Log file and the virtual machine console.

• Rotation: select the number of old versions of the log files to be saved. The Charon-SSP log files are rotated when the virtual machine starts and, during operation, based on the number of lines written to the log. Once the number of log lines reaches 800.000, the log is rotated.

Viewing the Charon-SSP Log Files

Currently, Charon-SSP writes three types of instance specific log files:

• Virtual machine log: it documents the operation and potential problems of the Charon-SSP instance in question. For example, if no valid license is available, this is logged here.

• Console log: if configured, Charon-SSP keeps a console log for Vconsole, TTYA and TTYB.

• Crash log: should the Charon-SSP instance terminate unexpectedly, trace-backs and similar information are found in this log file. The contents help Stromasys engineering to identify and repair the problem.

The log files can be viewed using Log tab of the Charon-SSP Manager:

To select a log file, click on the file-browser button. This shows all available logs in the default (or configured log path) and lets you select a file. You can also select a different file path to display log files in other locations.

Entering text into the search field and pressing find will filter the log contents according to the search string.