Tracing and Logging Settings

Enable Tracing

Create a Consolidated Tracing Facility (CTF) trace file which will provide low level technical logging for debugging issues.

Use Binary Format

The trace file will be created as a compressed binary file, which can be viewed using the CTF Viewer.

Trace Level

The level of trace output to generate:

• Debug
• Info
• Warning
• Error
• Fatal

File Name

The CTF trace file will be created with the location and name provided. If only a file name is provided, it will be created in the default mftrace folder location C:\ProgramData\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\product_version\mftrace\logs (Windows). On UNIX it is created in the working directory of the process.

Enable Tracing for:

Configuration

Enable tracing for when changes are made to the configuration file of ESCWA.

JSON Parsing and Serialization

Enable tracing for ESCWA's use of JSON objects.

Communications

Enable tracing for network communications between ESCWA and other components.

Session

Enable tracing for user sessions in ESCWA.

ESF

Enable tracing for the External Security Facility (ESF) usage in ESCWA.

Vault

Enable tracing for the Secrets Vault in use by ESCWA.

Audit

Enable tracing for auditing in ESCWA.

Log Directory

The directory to which the server log (log.html) will be saved. The specified directory must already exist. By default, this is located in C:\ProgramData\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\ESCWA\log.html (Windows) or /var/mfcobol/logs/escwa (UNIX).

Show Log

Click this to display the Micro Focus ES Communications Process Message Log.

Log Max File Size

The maximum size of the server log (log.html) that will be saved. Once the specified size has been reached a new file will be started. If set to 0 the file will grow without bound. The default file size is 1024kB.

Log File Count

The number of old server logs (log.html) that will be saved. Once reached the oldest file will be deleted and reused. The default log file count is 5.

Log User Authorization

Check this to log when users fail to authorize. This log information will be added to the server log (log.html).

Note: When enabled, this can log significant amounts of information.

Enable Auditing

Enable Auditing for ESCWA. ESCWA will collect information on security related events and preserve them for later review. Enterprise Server Auditing must be setup for this to take effect.

Note: See Enterprise Server Auditing for more information.

Audit Request Bodies

Check this to enable auditing of request bodies. See Audit Event Codes for more information.

Note: Enable Auditing must be checked for this option to take effect. This option significantly increases the amount of data that ESCWA will emit.