Viewing log file contents – Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 3.0 MR7 User Manual
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Log
Browsing log files
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Viewing log file contents
The Log Browser tab enables you to view all log messages within local or device
log files.
If you display the log messages in Formatted view, you can display and arrange
columns and/or filter log messages by column contents. For more information,
see
“Customizing the log view” on page 97
For more information about log messages, see the
.
To view a log file
1
Go to Log > Browse.
2
Select the blue arrows to expand the group name and device name to see the list
of available log files.
3
In the Action column, select Display for that log file’s row.
The log file’s contents appear.
Figure 4: Viewing logs
Log files
A list of available log files for each device or device group. Select the
group name to expand the list of devices within the group, and to view
their log files.
The current, or active, log file appears as well as rolled log files. Rolled
log files include a number in the file name (alog.2.log). If you
configure the FortiAnalyzer unit to upload rolled logs to an FTP site, only
the current log will appear in the log browser.
#
The number of devices in a group, and the number of logs for a device.
Last Modified
The last time the log was updated from the device.
Size (bytes)
The size of the log file.
Action
Select Delete to remove the log file from the FortiAnalyzer hard disk.
Select Clear All Logs to delete all log messages within the log file.
Select Download to save the log file to your local hard disk.
Select Display to view the contents of the log file.
Note: For content archive logs, the log browser only displays the device’s clog.log file. It
does not provide access to download the archived files. To both view content archive logs
and download the associated content archived files, instead go to Content Archive. For
more information, see
Type
The type of log you are viewing and the device where it originated.
Change
Select to view a different log file.
Column Settings
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