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RouterOS v3 Configuration and User Guide
12 Monitoring and Management
12.1 Log Management
Document revisi on: 2.3 (Mon Jul 19 07:23:35 GMT 2004)
Applies to: V2.9
12.1.1 General Information
Summary
Various system events and status information can be logged. Logs can be saved in local routers file,
displayed in console, sent to an email or to a remote server running a syslog daemon.
Specifications
Packages required: system
License required: Level1
Submenu level: /system logging, /log
Standards and Technologies: Syslog
Hardware usage: Not significant
Description
Logs have different groups or topics. Logs from each topic can be configured to be discarded, logged
locally or remotely. Locally log files can be stored in memory (default; logs are lost on reboot) or on hard
drive (not enabled by default as is harmful for flash disks).
12.1.2 General Settings
Submenu level: /system logging
Property Description
action (name; default: memory) - specifies one of the system default actions or user specified action
listed in /system logging action
prefix (text) - local log prefix
topics (info | critical | firewall | keepalive | packet | read | timer | write | ddns | hotspot | l2tp | ppp |
route | update | account | debug | ike | manager | pppoe | script | warning | async | dhcp | notification |
pptp | state | watchdog | bgp | error | ipsec | radius | system | web-proxy | calc | event | isdn | ospf | raw |
telephony | wireless | e-mail | gsm | mme | ntp | open | ovpn | pim | radvd | rip | sertcp | ups; default: info)
- specifies log group or log message type
Example
To log messages that are generated by firewall by saving them in local buffer
[admin@AT-WR4562] system logging> add topics=firewall action=memory
[admin@ AT-WR4500] system logging> print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid
# TOPICS ACTION PREFIX
0 info memory
1 error memory
2 warning memory
3 critical echo
4 firewall memory
[admin@ AT-WR4500] system logging>