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Get Logs

Directory Manager generates logs for its services, clients, and Windows events, which are saved at different locations on the network. Rather than locating these log files in their respective folders, you can collect and dump your required logs to a desired location.

What do you want to do?

  • Get Log Files

Get Log Files​

  1. In Admin Center, click Settings at the bottom of the left navigation pane.
  2. On the GroupID Settings page, click the Logs tab.
  3. On the Logs tab:

  • On the Applications card, select the check boxes for the Directory Manager services and portals that you want to fetch the logs for. To select all options, select the Select All check box on the card.
    Each application has a file logging level set for it. Log files generated against file logging will be fetched.

    • For applications deployed in native IIS, logs will be fetched from the Directory Manager server.
    • For applications deployed in remote IIS, logs will be fetched from the remote IS machine.
    • For applications deployed in Docker, logs will be fetched from the machine running Docker daemon.

  • On the Tools & Management Shell card, select the check boxes for Management Shell and the Directory Manager tools that you want to fetch the logs for. To select all options, select the Select All check box on the card. Logs will be fetched from the local machine. If you have not used Management Shell or a tool on the machine, its respective logs will not be available.

  • On selecting the Event Viewer check box on the Event Viewer card, the Logs button is enabled. Click it to launch the Select Event Viewer Logs dialog box, that displays all logs maintained by Windows Event Viewer on the local machine. Select the check boxes for the required logs and click OK.

  1. Click Download.
    Directory Manager creates a zipped file containing the selected logs and saves it to the download location set in browser settings.

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