QNAP

QNE ADRA 1.0.x

Managing Local Logs

You can monitor and manage event logs and access logs on the local device.

Tip:

QuLog Center can store up to 5,000,000 access or event log entries but can only query and process up to 100,000 log entries at a time. By default, the most recent logs are displayed first. You can perform a search to locate earlier logs.

  1. Go to Local Device.
  2. Click Event Log or Access Log.
  3. On the selected system log screen, you can perform the following tasks:

    Task

    Steps

    Select a group mode

    1. Click .

    2. Select one of the following grouping modes.

      • No grouping: Displays and lists all log entries.

      • By date: Groups log entries by date.

      • By user: Groups log entries by users.

      • By Source IP: Groups log entries by source IP address.

      Select one of the group modes for event logs.

      • By app: Groups log entries by app name.

      • By content: Groups log entries by log content.

    Select a display style

    1. Click .

    2. Select a display style.

    Export logs

    1. Click .

      The Export Logs window appears.

    2. Select an export file format.

      Note:

      QuLog Center supports CSV and HTML log file formats.

    3. Compress the export file and specify a password.

    4. Click Export.

      The export file is downloaded by your browser.

    Perform a search

    1. Specify keywords in the search field.

      Tip:

      For advanced search options, click .

    2. Optional: Click Add as Customized Tab and specify a tab name.

      This allows you to create a custom tab using the keywords and criteria that you have specified.

      For details, see Searching and Creating Filter Tabs for Logs.

    Filter by severity

    The severity buttons allow you to filter the currently displayed logs by their severity level.

    1. Click one more severity filter buttons.

      Only the logs that match the present search conditions and severity filters are displayed.

    Select display items

    1. Click .

    2. Select the item category to display.

    Select all log entries

    1. Select one or more log entries.

    2. Click Select multiple entries.

      The select multiple entries drop-down menu appears.

    3. Click Select all.

    Invert selection

    1. Select one or more log entries.

    2. Click Select multiple entries.

      The select multiple entries drop-down menu appears.

    3. Click Invert selection.

    Copy one or more log entries

    1. Select one or more log entries.

    2. Click .

      The content of the selected log entries is copied to the clipboard and can be pasted elsewhere.

    Delete one or more log entries

    1. Select one or more log entries.

    2. Click .

      A confirmation message appears.

    3. Click Yes.
  4. On the Event Log screen, you can perform the following tasks:

    Task

    Steps

    Create an event notification rule

    You can quickly create an event notification rule using a log entry. This allows you to receive notifications for events similar to the selected log entry.

    1. Locate a log entry.

    2. Click .

    3. Select Create event notification rule.

      Notification Center opens and the Create event notification rule windows appears.

      For details, see Creating an Event Notification Rule.

    Create an event flag rule

    1. Locate a log entry.

    2. Click .

    3. Select Create Event Flag Rule.

      The Create Event Flag Rule window appears.

    4. Click Create.

      The event is flagged.

      Go to Log Settings > Event Indicators to view all event flags.