Loading the Proxy Cache Log Administration Page

To Load the Proxy Cache Log Administration Page

1. In the Proxy Cache Administration page, click Log Files.

   The page shown in Figure 15-1 is displayed.

   Figure 15-1 Proxy Cache Log Administration Page

   
   

For each type of log file listed in Figure 15-1, you can view or clear the log file. If you choose to clear a log file, you are prompted to confirm the operation. Click OK to confirm.

Clearing a log file truncates the log file.

The log file types are described as follows:

Proxy Cache Server log

Lists status messages related to the activity of the proxy cache service. By default, this log is turned on.

Proxy Cache Access log

Lists records of all client accesses to the Netra Proxy Cache Server. By default, this log is turned on.

Proxy Cache Hierarchy log

Contains information about which parent or sibling satisfied each request. By default, this log is turned off.

Proxy Cache Store log

A log of items stored in and removed from the cache, with type (protocol), size, and timestamp. By default, this log is turned off.

Configuration Installation Error log

A log of errors that occur when you perform an Install Configuration operation, as described in the Netra Proxy Cache Array Configuration Guide.

Administration Client Error log

A log of errors that occur when the cgi-bin programs run from the administration web pages. This log can be useful when you encounter an unexpected and inexplicable failure when interacting with the web pages.

Administration Server log

A log of the daemon that maintains the configuration database that is, typically, propagated to the hosts in an array.

Administration Server Error and Exception log

Records the stdout and stderr of the daemon referred to in the preceding item. Of use primarily to trained technical personnel.

In the list above, for the proxy cache service, note that server and access logging is enabled and that hierarchy and store logging is disabled. To enable hierarchy and store logging, you must edit the file proxycache.conf, stored in /etc/opt/SUNWoam/config/proxy. In this file, if you want to enable, for example, both types of logging, you must uncomment the lines for cache_hierarchy_log and cache_store_log. In these lines, replace the word none with the location of the proxy cache service log files. The edited lines display as follows:

cache_store_log /var/opt/SUNWcache/cachelogs/store.log
cache_hierarchy_log /var/opt/SUNWcache/cachelogs/hierarchy.log

Following any changes to proxycache.conf, you must use the Install Configuration link, described in Chapter 3 of the Netra Proxy Cache Server Configuration Guide or the Netra Proxy Cache Array Configuration Guide, to make the changes take effect.