MONITORING

Setting up the Domino Web server log (DOMLOG.NSF)
To set up the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Web server log, you must enable logging (by default, logging is disabled). You can restrict the information logged to the Domino Web server log to analyze log file results. Some information may increase the size of the log file without providing meaningful information -- requests for graphics or icons, for example, so you may want to exclude that type of information from the log. Domino creates the Web server log database when the HTTP task starts after you enable logging to DOMLOG.NSF.

To enable logging to the Domino Web server log

1. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab.

2. Open the Server document for the Web server.

3. Click the Internet Protocols - HTTP tab.

4. Under "Enable Logging To," choose Enabled in the DOMLOG.NSF field.

5. (Optional) Under "Exclude From Logging," complete these fields to exclude certain types of information from the log file:
FieldEnter
URLsURL paths to exclude -- for example, *.gif or /anydir/*
MethodsHTTP methods -- for example POST or DELETE
MIME typesMIME types to exclude -- for example, image (for all images) or image/gif (for .gif images)
User agentsStrings that are part of user agent (browser) strings to exclude requests from a particular user agent.
  • To exclude Microsoft Internet Explorer, enter MSIE*
Return codesHTTP response status codes to exclude -- for example, 300 or 400
Hosts and domainsBrowser client DNS names or IP addresses to exclude -- for example, 130.333.* or *.edu

Note To enter DNS names in this field, you must first enable the DNS Lookup setting in the HTTP Server section of the Server document. Otherwise, you can enter only IP addresses in this field. Enabling this setting will impact performance.

6. Save the document and then restart the HTTP task so that the changes take effect.

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