API Gateway 10.3 | Using API Gateway | API Gateway Administration | General Configuration | Application Logs | Configuring Log Levels
 
Configuring Log Levels
You can configure the log level settings to specify the level of detail you want the logs, which are collected from various API Gateway components, to contain. These logs once configured can be downloaded as an archive in the Download diagnostics section.
You must have the API Gateway's manage general administration configurations functional privilege assigned to configure log levels.
*To configure log levels
1. Expand the menu options icon , in the title bar, and select Administration.
2. Select General > Application logs.
3. In the Log level configuration section you can configure the following parameters:
Log file type
Description
API Gateway
This setting sets the API Gateway server log level. API Gateway server logs contain information on the API Gateway UI related activities such as creating and managing APIs, aliases, applications and so on. API Gateway server logs also contain information on the start-up activity of API Gateway server and its functioning, its state and activities related to connections to various components.
Select a log level that you want to configure to collect required logs.
The available log levels are: off, trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal.
Note:
Changing the log level of API Gateway logs sets that value of log level for all the log components of API Gateway.
Internal Data Store
This setting sets the Internal Data Store log level. This contains log files of Elasticsearch included with API Gateway.
Select a log level that you want to configure to collect required logs.
The available log levels are: off, debug, info, warn, error, fatal.
Dashboard
This setting sets the log level for dashboard logs. These logs contain information regarding dashboard related activities and the kibana log files that are included in API Gateway.
Select a log level that you want to configure to collect required logs.
The available log levels are: silent, quiet, verbose.
Security
This setting enables API Gateway security logs. These logs contain information on security-related administrative and operational events. For example, changes to authorization, authentication, port settings, password restrictions, attempts to log on to API Gateway and to access API Gateway services, and so on.
Select the checkbox to enable the collection of security logs.
Session
This setting enables API Gateway session logs. These logs contain information on sessions activated on API Gateway and provide data on when sessions start, their current status, their duration, and so on.
Select the checkbox to enable the collection of session logs.
Platform
This setting sets API Gateway platform logs .
Select a log level that you want to configure to collect required logs.
The available log levels are: off, trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal.
4. Click Save.
This configures the log levels for the various log file types that can be downloaded as an archive.