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Browsing log files

Log

Importing a log file

You can import devices’ log files. This can be useful when restoring data or
loading log data for temporary use.

For example, if you have older log files from a device, you can import these logs
onto the FortiAnalyzer unit in order to generate reports on older data. Importing
log files is also useful when changing your RAID configuration. Changing your
RAID configuration reformats the hard disk, erasing log files. If you back up the log
files, after changing the RAID configuration, you can import logs to restore them to
the FortiAnalyzer unit.

You can import logs in normal log, compressed log (.log.gz) or comma

separated value (CSV) format.

To import a log file

1

Go to Log > Browse.

2

Select the Device Type.

3

Select Import.

4

Select from Device to which device in the device list the imported log file belongs,
or select Take From Imported File to read the device ID from the log file.

If you select Take From Imported File, your log file must contain a device_id

field in its log messages.

Formatted | Raw

Select a view of the log file. Selecting Formatted (the default)

displays the log files in columnar format. Selecting Raw, displays

the log information as it actually appears in the log file.

Resolve Host Name

Select to display host names by a recognizable name rather than

IP addresses. For more information about on configuring IP

address host names see

“Configuring IP aliases” on page 61

.

Resolve Service

Select to display the network service names rather than the port

numbers, such as HTTP rather than port 80.
This option does not appear when the logs do not have service

information to display, which can occur in the event log.

View n per page

Select the number of rows of log entries to display per page.

Page n of n

Enter a log page number, then press Enter to go to that page.

Column Settings

Select to change the columns to view and the order they appear

on the page. For more information, see

“Displaying and arranging

log columns” on page 97

.

Search

Enter a keyword to perform a simple search for that term, then

select Go to begin the search. The FortiAnalyzer unit searches the

entire log file for the keyword you enter. The number of matches

appears above the Search field.

Printable Version

Select to download an HTML file containing all log messages that

match the current filters. The HTML file is formatted to be

printable.
Time required to generate and download large reports varies by

the total amount of log messages, the complexity of any search

criteria, the specificity of your column filters, and the speed of your

network connection.

Download Current
View

Select to download only those log messages which are currently

visible, according to enabled filters.
This button only appears when the current log view is filtered. The

downloaded version will match the current log view, containing

only log messages that match your current filter settings.