Modifying logging behavior of the Web Component Server

The Properties tab of the Web Component Server (WCS) allows you to specify the location of its log files and the types of information that it logs for each Crystal Enterprise web request.

The web attributes that you can audit include: Date, Time, IP address and port, Duration, Bytes transferred, Used cache, Method, URI, URI-stem, URI-query, and Status. There are no performance penalties for logging this information. It is recommended that you leave logging enabled.

To change the logging behavior of the WCS

1. Go to the Servers management area of the CMC.
2. Click the link to the WCS whose settings you want to change.
3. Make your changes on the Properties tab.

   This example shows the Logging area of the Properties tab. Here, the log files are saved to the default file location for a WCS that is running on Windows.

   

4. Click either Apply or Update:
   • Click Apply to submit changes and restart the server so that the changes take effect immediately.
   • Click Update to save the changes. You must restart the server for the changes to take effect.