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Viewing Bravura Security Fabric system logs

You can use the Maintenance > Systems logs page in the Manage the system (PSA) module to view the current Bravura Security Fabric systems log, as well as previously rotated logs.

The date and time recorded in the Bravura Security Fabric logs are based on the settings of Windows servers where Bravura Security Fabric is installed. You can view the current Bravura Security Fabric server date and time from the System logs page.

Best practice: When to read logs directly on the file system

For detailed troubleshooting, reading logs directly on the file system is preferable to using the web UI for the following reasons:

  • The web UI entries do not display the process and thread number, which are essential for determining which process logged each entry.

  • The web UI displays only fragments of the default log file.

  • The web UI consumes system resources to parse and render logs in the browser. This is especially problematic when log files are large.

  • Viewing logs through the web UI adds entries to the log itself, inserting noise between entries relevant to your investigation.

  • The web UI paginates the log file, which slows down the investigation.

For information on file system log locations, see About the Bravura Security Fabric Log. For recommended tools, see Tools for analyzing log files.

To search the logs:

  1. Click Maintenance > System logs.

    Bravura Security Fabric displays the System logs page.

  2. If necessary, enter search criteria to display only specified log entries:

    Log message

    Type a string or a regular expression that represents the log message you want to view.

    You can use + and - symbols to include keywords from the search; for example

    + update operation - unlock

    includes the keywords update and operation , and excludes unlock .

    If you want to use a regular expression, you must also select the corresponding Regular expression checkbox.

    Process

    Type a string or a regular expression that represents the process you want to view. If you want to use a regular expression, you must also select the corresponding Regular expression checkbox.

    Severity

    Select one or more severity levels. By default, all severity levels are selected.

    Date/time

    Use the:

    • First date/time field to select the earliest log entry to include.

    • Second date/time field to select the latest log entry to include.

  3. Click Search.

    You are shown records from the current log and any rotated logs. You can change the number of Records to display from the default 100.

Downloading system logs

Click Download to save the current log view to a file on the server. Any search criteria filtering is preserved in the file. A copy of the file is saved to the <Program Files path>\Bravura Security\Bravura Security Fabric\Logs\<instance> directory and is rotated along with the rest of the logs.

See also:

If you need help with regular expressions, click the Regular expression link on the System logs page, or see Using Regular Expressions for more information.

You can also use the Manage the system (PSA) module to view the log:

Log analysis

The add-on Log Analyzer was removed from Bravura Security Fabric in version 10.0.0. Bravura Security recommends using a log analysis product such as ELK (Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana), which you can download at https://www.elastic.co/.

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