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.

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.

SHOW LOG

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

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.