User Guide

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Logs and Statistics
The Logs and Statistics section of the Administator includes pages that help you
monitor ColdFusion Server and ColdFusion application activity. The following table
describes these pages:
Logging Settings
You use the Logging Settings page of the Administrator to change ColdFusion Server
logging options. The following table describes the settings:
Page Description
Logging Settings Lets you configure administrator e-mail address, change the log
directory, control operating system logging, and enable log file
format
Log files Lets you search, view, download, archive, and delete log files
Server Reports Lets you view and filter dynamically generated reports*
* Available only in ColdFusion Server Enterprise Edition. Not available in
HP-UX.
Setting Description
Administrator
E-mail
E-mail address of the server administrator. The address displays
under each error message, for reporting purposes, enabling users
to report problems. This setting can be overridden in the
Application.cfm file.
Log Directory* Directory to which error log files are written.
Log Slow Pages Causes ColdFusion Server to log the names of pages that take
longer than the specified interval to process. Logging slow pages
can help you diagnose potential problems or bottlenecks in your
ColdFusion applications. Entries are written to server.log.
Use Operating
System Logging
Facilities
Causes ColdFusion Server to log messages using your operating
system logging facility (EventLog in Windows; syslog in Solaris,
Linux, and HP-UX). ColdFusion Server log messages are also
written to the standard ColdFusion Server log files.
Use Version 5
Logging Format
*
Causes all ColdFusion Server log messages to be written in a
standard format. The standard format is required to use the
enhanced 5 Log Viewer. If not enabled, ColdFusion Server uses
the version 4.5 format. If you do not use ColdFusion Server 5
format, the Administrator Log Viewer does not work.
* Restart ColdFusion Server after changing this setting.
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