What are the different types of IIS logs generated and where can I find them
?
I have heard about the following types of logs
W3C, IIS, NCSA, Centralized Binary Logs, HTTP Error logs, URLScan logs, ODBC
logs
Where can I find them and how different are they.. say W3C, IIS,HTTP Error
logs ?
I would recommend you to read the following section about loging in the
IIS 6 Technical Reference:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer20 03/Library/IIS/3e27a577-a6e3-4b0b-9379-68efb5d52ee9.mspx
But basically, you have three logs you want to check:
- IIS log file (systemroot\System32\LogFiles\W3...)
- http.sys log file (systemroot\System32\LogFiles\httperr)
- Event log
The IIS log file supports different formats, for example:
- W3C
- IIS Log File Format
- NCSA
- Centralized Binary
URLScan log file is a log file created by URLScan, an add-on to IIS.
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Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
Hassan wrote:
>What are the different types of IIS logs generated and where can I find
>them ?
>
>I have heard about the following types of logs
>
>W3C, IIS, NCSA, Centralized Binary Logs, HTTP Error logs, URLScan logs,
>ODBC logs
>
>Where can I find them and how different are they.. say W3C, IIS,HTTP Error
>logs ?
system errors you can find at the Server system event log.
application errors in asp/asp.net you can find at application event log.
web analytics logs, the IIS logs of the web site/FTP sites can be configures
as W3C, IIS or ODBC, the location of the text logs can be configured in the
properities of any site in the IIS manager, the default location is
%windir%\system32\logfiles\
if you want to write logs to SQL database you need to configure logs to ODBC
and provide a coonection to the database.
read more about ODBC log here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/245243
UrlScan logs, if urlscan is installed on the server, can be can be configured
in %windir%\system32\inetsrv\urlscan\urlscan.ini
read motre about urlscan here http://www.urlscan.net/configure-urlscan.html
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Guy
"Hassan" wrote:
> What are the different types of IIS logs generated and where can I find them
> ?
>
> I have heard about the following types of logs
>
> W3C, IIS, NCSA, Centralized Binary Logs, HTTP Error logs, URLScan logs, ODBC
> logs
>
> Where can I find them and how different are they.. say W3C, IIS,HTTP Error
> logs ?
>
>
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