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Advanced
The options on the
Advanced
page are intended for network administrators and
advanced users
only
.
Warning
Altering the advanced configuration settings may render your SnapGear appliance
inoperable.
System log
The system log contains debugging information that may be useful in determining
whether all services for your SnapGear appliance are operating correctly.
The SnapGear appliance also provides the option of re-directing log output to a remote
machine using the syslog protocol. Enable this option by selecting
Enable Remote
Logging
, entering the IP address of the remote machine and clicking
Apply
.
Log output is color coded by output type. General information and debug output is black,
warnings and notices are blue, and errors are red. The pull down menu underneath the
log output allows you to filter the log output to display, based on output type.
Refer to
Appendix C
for details on configuring and interpreting log output.
Configuration files
Clicking
Configuration Files
allows you to select and edit the SnapGear appliance’s
configuration files manually. Generally, this should only be done at the request of
customer support.
The SnapGear appliance’s entire configuration may be backed up remotely. Doing this is
highly recommended as to minimise downtime in the event of a configuration loss. The
configuration may be backed up in plain text, or encrypted with a password.
To backup to a plain text file, click
store/restore
and copy and paste the configuration
into a text editor on the remote machine. Restoring is simply a matter of copying and
pasting the configuration from the text file back into the same field on the SnapGear
appliance and clicking
Submit
.
