Log files

There are five different log files available:

imaserver-default.log

This log file shows all log entries about the operation of the server. High severity entries that are shown in other logs are also logged in this log.

imaserver-connection.log

This log file shows log entries that are related to connections. These entries can be used as an audit log for connections, and also indicates errors with connections.

imaserver-admin.log

This log file shows log entries that are related to running administration commands. It records all changes to the configuration of the server, and attempted changes.

imaserver-security.log

This log file shows log entries that are related to authentication and authorization. This log can be used as an audit log for security-related items.

imaserver-mqconnectivity.log

This log file shows log entries that are related to MQ Connectivity function. These entries include problems found connecting to queue managers. The log can help with diagnosing problems in connecting IBM® IoT MessageSight to IBM MQ.

If you are using IBM IoT MessageSight in a Docker container, identify the volume mounts that were used when you issued the Docker run command. For example, issue the following command:

# docker inspect IMA | grep -A 12 Mounts    
"Mounts": [
{            
"Source": "/data/messagesight/var",            
"Destination": "/var/messagesight",            
"Mode": "",            
"RW": true
},
{
"Source": "/data/messagesight/tmp",
"Destination": "/var/tmp",
"Mode": "",
"RW": true
}

The log files are located at the location that is the first mount location suffixed with a relative path of diag/logs. In the example, the location of the log files is /data/messagesight/var/diag/logs