Log Settings

How to get here

This page is used to configure the connection to the log server.

• Logging level. Specify the level of detail the server provides to the enabled log servers.
  • None. No data is captured or supplied to the log server.
  • Errors Only. Only events that register as errors are logged.
  • Normal (selected by default). In addition to errors, the following events are logged: uploading, downloading, deleting and renaming a file; removing and creating a folder; user authentications; and issuing a SITE command.
  • Verbose. In addition to everything logged in Normal, the following events are logged: connecting and disconnecting; changing working directory; negotiating SSL, including cipher, type and strength; negotiating SSH, including ciphers and MACs; and any other command sent to the server.

    Caution: Verbose mode produces a large quantity of log entries and should only be used for brief periods of troubleshooting.

• Enable WS_FTP Logging. Select this option to enable logging to an Ipswitch Log Server.
  • Log server IP address (127.0.0.1 by default). Enter the host name or IP address of the log server.
  • Port (5151 by default). Enter the port over which the connection to the log server should be made.
• Enable Syslog. Select this option to enable logging to a syslog server.
  • Log server IP address. Enter the host name or IP address of the syslog server.
  • Port. Enter the port over which the connection to the log server should be made.

Caution: If a user is logged into the WS_FTP Server Manager or the FTP or SSH server when a change to the log settings is made, the change does not affect the user until the user logs out and logs in again.

Remote Log Server Settings

This section is used to configure authentication credentials for a remote log server. By entering the correct information here, you can seamlessly integrate the log viewer from a remote log server with this installation of WS_FTP Server.

• Log Server Username. Enter the username require to log in to the log server.
• Log Server Password. Enter the passwrod require to log in to the log server.

  Note: The username and password required were specified during the installation of the remote log server.

• Web admin login location. Enter the complete address of the log server login page. This address should be
  http://<Log_Server_IP_Address>/WSFTPLogServer/ftplogserver/login.asp.

Note: These settings are cached by WS_FTP Server for up to ninety seconds. Changes made to these settings are not recognized until the services are restarted or the cache expires.