log-file

This stanza entry specifies the location and name of the log file.

Syntax

log-file = fully_qualified_path

Description

Location and name of the log file. Messages are redirected from STDOUT and STDERR and sent to the server log file as defined in the policy server routing file ([instance-]pdmgrd_routing). The policy server relies on the routing file to determine the log file names and path.

At startup of the policy server, a check is made to see whether the routing file exists. If it exists, the routing file is used and this stanza entry is ignored; otherwise, this stanza entry is used.

Options

The fully_qualified_path value represents an alphanumeric string. String values are expected to be characters that are part of the local code set. The set of valid characters in a file name can be determined by the file system and by the local code set. For Windows operating systems, file names cannot have a backward slash (\), a colon (:), a question mark (?), or double quotation marks ("). Windows operating systems path names, however, can have a backward slash (\) or a colon (:).

For AIX, Linux, and Solaris operating systems, path names and file names are case-sensitive.

Usage

Required

Default value

The following table shows the default value by platform.
Table 1. [ivmgrd] stanza log-file default value by platform
Platform File name
Linux® or UNIX /var/PolicyDirector/log/msg__pdmgrd_utf8.log
Windows c:\program files\tivoli\policy director\log\msg__pdmgrd_utf8.log

During an installation of Security Verify Access, if you enabled Tivoli Common Directory to specify one common directory location for all your log files, the default installation directory is different.

Example

The following example sets the log file on a Windows operating system without Tivoli Common Directory: 
log-file = C:\pd\log\msg__pdmgrd_utf8.log
The following example sets the log file on a AIX, Linux, or Solaris operating system with Tivoli Common Directory: 
log-file = TCD_directory/HPD/logs/msg__pdmgrd_utf8.log
The three-character identifier used in the example is HPD, which specifies that the log files are for Security Verify Access.