Log View – FortiManager 5.2

Examples

To view example text search strings, hover your cursor over the help icon.

Example searches

The first example will search for log messages with a source IP address of 172.16.86.11 and a service of HTTP. Because it is not specified, the and operator is assumed, meaning that both conditions must be met for the log message to be included in the search results.

The second example will search for any log messages with source IP addresses that start with either 172.16 or 172.18. Notice the use of the * wildcard. The use of the or operator means that either condition can be met for the log message to be included in the search results.

The third example will search for any log message that do not have a source IP address of 172.16.86.11 and a service of HTTP. The use of the and operator means that both conditions must be met for the log message to be excluded from the search results.

Download log messages

Log messages can be downloaded to the management computer as a text or CSV file. Real time logs cannot be downloaded.

To download log messages:

  1. In the log message list, select Tools, then select Download. The Download dialog box opens.
  2. Select a log format from the drop down list, either Text or CSV.
  3. Select Compress with gzip to compress the downloaded file.
  4. Select Current Page to download only the current log message page, or All Pages to download all of the pages in the log message list.
  5. Select Apply to download the log messages to the management computer.


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