Logging settings

This section describes the Logging section of the Settings page.

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The Logging section contains two subsections: Syslog and Log files.

The Syslog section allows you to do the following:

To add and configure the destination for syslog messages in HTTP or ICAP mode:

  1. Choose the types of events that will be logged into the specified destination.

    When syslog logging is enabled, the Audit events cannot be completely excluded from syslog messages.

  2. Specify the format of syslog messages:
  3. Choose the destination that will be used for writing logs:
    • syslog daemon
    • file

      Specify the path to the directory where the log file will be created. This path could be absolute or relative to the directory that holds the executable file of the service (kavhttpd for HTTP mode and kavicapd for ICAP mode).

    • remote syslog

      Specify the %PROTOCOL%%IP%:%PORT% value, where %PROTOCOL% is a network protocol (use tcp:// or udp:// for this value), %IP% is an IPv4 address that receives syslog messages, and %PORT% is a port that receives syslog messages.

The Log files section allows you to do the following:

The Log files section also displays:

You cannot change this setting by using the Kaspersky Scan Engine GUI. You must edit the corresponding configuration file. Depending on the mode that you chose in the Kaspersky Scan Engine configuration file, specify the path in httpdkavlog.ini or icapdkavlog.conf for HTTP mode and ICAP mode, respectively.

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