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log

Use this command to view (list) or clear log messages, or to examine (show) or configure logging queues.

To use this command, your administrator account’s access control profile must have rw or w permission to the loggrp area. For details, see Permissions.

Syntax

diagnose log {all | alog | dlog | elog | tlog} [show | start | stop]

Variable Description Default

log {all | alog | dlog | elog | tlog}

Select which log files to view:

  • all—All logs
  • alog—Attack logs
  • dlog—Debug logs
  • elog—Event logs
  • tlog—Traffic logs
No default.

[show | start | stop]

Displays the log messages or specifies a time to start or stop logging.

Example

This example sets a time to start the display of log messages, displays log information starting at that time, and stops the display of log messages. The appliance’s responses are displayed in bold.

FortiWeb # dia log all start

start tracking log

FortiWeb # dia log all show

time span starts from 2014-07-31 18:31:53.000000

Total time span is 10.754097 seconds

Time spent on waiting is 10.527346 seconds

Time spent on preprocessing is 0.000000 seconds

event log processed: 0

traffic log processed: 0

attack log processed: 0

FortiWeb # dia log all stop

stop tracking log

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log

Use this command to view (list) or clear log messages, or to examine (show) or configure logging queues.

To use this command, your administrator account’s access control profile must have rw or w permission to the loggrp area. For details, see Permissions.

Syntax

diagnose log {all | alog | dlog | elog | tlog} [show | start | stop]

Variable Description Default

log {all | alog | dlog | elog | tlog}

Select which log files to view:

  • all—All logs
  • alog—Attack logs
  • dlog—Debug logs
  • elog—Event logs
  • tlog—Traffic logs
No default.

[show | start | stop]

Displays the log messages or specifies a time to start or stop logging.

Example

This example sets a time to start the display of log messages, displays log information starting at that time, and stops the display of log messages. The appliance’s responses are displayed in bold.

FortiWeb # dia log all start

start tracking log

FortiWeb # dia log all show

time span starts from 2014-07-31 18:31:53.000000

Total time span is 10.754097 seconds

Time spent on waiting is 10.527346 seconds

Time spent on preprocessing is 0.000000 seconds

event log processed: 0

traffic log processed: 0

attack log processed: 0

FortiWeb # dia log all stop

stop tracking log

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