Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition for UNIX > Tools > Consolidated Tracing Facility > To enable CTF tracing

To enable CTF tracing

Set the MFTRACE_CONFIG environment variable to point to the configuration file, before you invoke the application. For example:
```
export MFTRACE_CONFIG=/home/usr/ctf/ctf.cfg
```

Specify the format of CTF trace files you require by adding the appropriate lines in the configuration file ctf.cfg, such as:

mftrace.dest = binfile
mftrace.emitter.binfile#location  = /home/usr/logs
mftrace.level.mf.rts              = info
mftrace.comp.mf.rts#pgm           = true
mftrace.comp.mf.rts#pgmload       = true
mftrace.comp.mf.rts#syspgm        = true

Set the MFTRACE_LOGS environment variable to specify the location in which to create the CTF log files. If MFTRACE_LOGS is not set, the current folder is used.
Run the application from the environment you set up.