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© Virtual Access 2018
GW1000 Series User Manual
Issue: 2.3
Page 83 of 463
10.5.1.3
System log messages in RAM
By default, system log messages are stored in the system log in RAM.
To view the system log in RAM, enter:
root@VA_router:~# logread
Shows the log.
root@VA_router:~# logread |tail
Shows end of the log.
root@VA_router:~# logread | more
Shows the log page by page.
root@VA_router:~# logread –f
Shows the log on an ongoing basis. To stop this option, press ctrl-c.
root@VA_router:~# logread –f &
Shows the log on an ongoing basis while in the background. This allows you to run other
commands while still tracing the event logs. To stop this option, type fg to view the
current jobs, then press ctrl-c to kill those jobs.
10.5.1.4
System log messages in flash
Since logread is limited by memory size and does not survive a reset, it is beneficial to
write system messages to flash memory. To do this, modify the system config under the
system package. Set the options ‘log_file’, ‘log_size’, ‘log_type’and ‘log_file_count’
as shown below:
root@VA_router:~# uci export system
package system
config system 'main'
option hostname 'VA_router'
option zonename 'UTC'
option timezone 'GMT0'
option conloglevel '8'
option cronloglevel '8'
option time_save_interval_hour '10'
option log_hostname '%serial'
option log_ip '1.1.1.1'
option log_port '514'
option log_file '/root/syslog.messages'
