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Writer Based Access Log Publisher

Note: this component is designated "advanced", which means that objects of this type are not expected to be created or altered in most environments. If you believe that such a change is necessary, you may want to contact support in order to understand the potential impact of that change.

Note: this is an abstract component that cannot be instantiated.

Writer Based Access Log Publishers are log publishers that use TextWriter implementations.

↓Direct Subcomponents
↓Parent Component
↓Properties
↓dsconfig Usage

Direct Subcomponents

The following Writer Based Access Log Publishers are available in the server :

These Writer Based Access Log Publishers inherit from the properties described below.

Parent Component

The Writer Based Access Log Publisher component inherits from the Access Log Publisher

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:

General Configuration Basic Properties:	Advanced Properties:
↓ description	None
↓ enabled
↓ logging-error-behavior
Log Messages To Include Basic Properties:	Advanced Properties:
↓ log-connects	None
↓ log-disconnects
↓ log-security-negotiation
↓ log-client-certificates
↓ log-requests
↓ log-results
↓ log-search-entries
↓ log-search-references
↓ log-intermediate-responses
↓ suppress-internal-operations
↓ suppress-replication-operations
↓ correlate-requests-and-results
Log Message Elements To Include Basic Properties:	Advanced Properties:
↓ include-product-name	↓ include-thread-id
↓ include-instance-name
↓ include-startup-id
↓ include-requester-dn
↓ include-requester-ip-address
↓ include-request-details-in-result-messages
↓ include-request-details-in-search-entry-messages
↓ include-request-details-in-search-reference-messages
↓ include-request-details-in-intermediate-response-messages
↓ include-result-code-names
↓ include-extended-search-request-details
↓ include-add-attribute-names
↓ include-modify-attribute-names
↓ include-search-entry-attribute-names
↓ include-request-controls
↓ include-response-controls
Other Configuration Basic Properties:	Advanced Properties:
None	↓ asynchronous
	↓ auto-flush
	↓ max-string-length
	↓ queue-size

Basic Properties

description

Property Group	General Configuration
Description	A description for this Log Publisher
Default Value	None
Allowed Values	A string
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

enabled

Property Group	General Configuration
Description	Indicates whether the Log Publisher is enabled for use.
Default Value	None
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	Yes
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

logging-error-behavior

Property Group	General Configuration
Description	Specifies the behavior that the server should exhibit if an error occurs during logging processing.
Default Value	standard-error
Allowed Values	standard-error - Write a message to standard error in the event of a logging failure. lockdown-mode - Place the server in lockdown mode in the event of a logging failure.
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-connects

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about connections established to the server.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-disconnects

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about connections that have been closed by the client or terminated by the server.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-security-negotiation

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about the result of any security negotiation (e.g., SSL handshake) processing that has been performed.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-client-certificates

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about any client certificates presented to the server.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-requests

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about requests received from clients.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-results

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about the results of client requests.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-search-entries

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about search result entries sent to the client.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-search-references

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about search result references sent to the client.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

log-intermediate-responses

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to log information about intermediate responses sent to the client.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

suppress-internal-operations

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether internal operations (for example, operations that are initiated by plugins) should be logged along with the operations that are requested by users.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

suppress-replication-operations

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether access messages that are generated by replication operations should be suppressed.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

correlate-requests-and-results

Property Group	Log Messages To Include
Description	Indicates whether to automatically log result messages for any operation in which the corresponding request was logged. In such cases, the result, entry, and reference criteria will be ignored, although the log-responses, log-search-entries, and log-search-references properties will be honored.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-product-name

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages should include the product name for the PingAuthorize Server.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-instance-name

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages should include the instance name for the PingAuthorize Server.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-startup-id

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages should include the startup ID for the PingAuthorize Server, which is a value assigned to the server instance at startup and may be used to identify when the server has been restarted.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-requester-dn

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for operation requests should include the DN of the authenticated user for the client connection on which the operation was requested.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-requester-ip-address

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for operation requests should include the IP address of the client that requested the operation.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-request-details-in-result-messages

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for operation results should include information about both the request and the result. This option can be used to eliminate the need to log request messages, and can eliminate the need to read multiple lines in order to obtain the full set of information logged for an operation.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-request-details-in-search-entry-messages

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for search result entries should include information about the associated search request. This option can be used to eliminate the need to log request messages, and can eliminate the need to read multiple lines in order to obtain the full set of information logged for an operation.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-request-details-in-search-reference-messages

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for search result references should include information about the associated search request. This option can be used to eliminate the need to log request messages, and can eliminate the need to read multiple lines in order to obtain the full set of information logged for an operation.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-request-details-in-intermediate-response-messages

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for intermediate responses should include information about the associated operation request. This option can be used to eliminate the need to log request messages, and can eliminate the need to read multiple lines in order to obtain the full set of information logged for an operation.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-result-code-names

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether result log messages should include human-readable names for result codes in addition to their numeric values.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-extended-search-request-details

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for search requests should include extended information from the request, including the requested size limit, time limit, alias dereferencing behavior, and types only behavior.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-add-attribute-names

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for add requests should include a list of the names of the attributes included in the entry to add.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-modify-attribute-names

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for modify requests should include a list of the names of the attributes to be modified.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-search-entry-attribute-names

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for search result entries should include a list of the names of the attributes included in the entry that was returned.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-request-controls

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for operation requests should include a list of the OIDs of any controls included in the request.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

include-response-controls

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages for operation results should include a list of the OIDs of any controls included in the result.
Default Value	false
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

Advanced Properties

include-thread-id (Advanced Property)

Property Group	Log Message Elements To Include
Description	Indicates whether log messages should include the thread ID for the PingAuthorize Server in each log message. This ID can be used to correlate log messages from the same thread within a single log as well as generated by the same thread across different types of log files. More information about the thread with a specific ID can be obtained using the cn=JVM Stack Trace,cn=monitor entry.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

asynchronous (Advanced Property)

Property Group	Other Configuration
Description	Indicates whether the Writer Based Access Log Publisher will publish records asynchronously.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	Yes
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

auto-flush (Advanced Property)

Property Group	Other Configuration
Description	Specifies whether to flush the writer after every log record. If the asynchronous writes option is used, the writer is flushed after all the log records in the queue are written.
Default Value	true
Allowed Values	true false
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

max-string-length (Advanced Property)

Property Group	Other Configuration
Description	Specifies the maximum number of characters that may be included in any string in a log message before that string is truncated and replaced with a placeholder indicating the number of characters that were omitted. This can help prevent extremely long log messages from being written. A value of zero indicates that no limit will be imposed.
Default Value	2000
Allowed Values	An integer value. Lower limit is 0.
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	None. Modification requires no further action

queue-size (Advanced Property)

Property Group	Other Configuration
Description	The maximum number of log records that can be stored in the asynchronous queue. The server will continuously flush messages from the queue to the log. That is, it does not wait for the queue to fill up before flushing to the log. Lowering this value can impact performance.
Default Value	10000
Allowed Values	An integer value. Lower limit is 1000. Upper limit is 100000 .
Multi-Valued	No
Required	No
Admin Action Required	The Writer Based Access Log Publisher must be restarted if this property is changed and the asynchronous property is set to true.

dsconfig Usage

To list the configured Log Publishers:

dsconfig list-log-publishers
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig get-log-publisher-prop
     --publisher-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig set-log-publisher-prop
     --publisher-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing Log Publisher:

dsconfig delete-log-publisher
     --publisher-name {name}