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Log & Report Log Setting options
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To configure log file uploading
1 Select the blue arrow to expand Log file upload settings.
2 Select Upload When Rolling.
3 Enter the IP address of the logging server.
4 Enter the port number on the logging server. The default is 21 (FTP).
5 Enter the Username and Password required on the logging server.
6 Enter the remote directory in which to save the log files.
7 Select the types of log files to upload.
8 Select Apply.
Memory settings
Syslog settings
WebTrends settings
Level The FortiGate unit logs all messages at and above the logging severity
level you select. For example, if you select Error, the unit logs Error,
Critical, Alert and Emergency level messages. See Table 31, “Logging
severity levels,” on page 342 .
Name/IP The domain name or IP address of the syslog server that stores the logs.
Port The port number for communication with the syslog server.
Level The FortiGate unit logs all messages at and above the logging severity
level you select. For example, if you select Error, the unit logs Error,
Critical, Alert and Emergency level messages. See Table 31, “Logging
severity levels,” on page 342 .
Facility Facility indicates the source of a log message. By default, FortiGate
reports Facility as local7. You might want to change Facility to distinguish
log messages from different FortiGate units.
Enable CSV Format If you enable CSV format, the FortiGate unit produces the log in Comma
Separated Value (CSV) format. If you do not enable CSV format the
FortiGate unit produces plain text files.
Name/IP The domain name or IP address of the WebTrends server that stores the
logs.
Level The FortiGate unit logs all messages at and above the logging severity
level you select. For example, if you select Error, the unit logs Error,
Critical, Alert and Emergency level messages. See Table 31, “Logging
severity levels,” on page 342 .
Note: To record traffic log messages, you must set the logging severity level to Notification
when configuring the logging location. Traffic log messages do not generally have a severity
level higher than Notification.
Also,
you must enable traffic logging for specific interfaces or firewall policies.