Secret Server integrates with CEF / SysLog systems. All the events and system messages will be transmitted to your CEF or SysLog server. If you prefer to write to a file and then have your system read a copy of that file, you can enable CEF file logging with an AppSetting.
1. Create a folder and file to save the SysLog on the server that is running Secret Server.
2. Set the permissions on the file to allow the account running the Application Pool of Secret Server to have modify permission on the file
3. Make Sure CEF logging is enabled in Administration > Configuration (Need to input values for port and server even though these will not be used when setup to output to a file)
3. Add this key to the web-appSettings.config, Replace the file with full path with the file created in step 1
<add key="UseCefLogFile" value="True" />
<add key="CefLogFilePath" value="C:\logs\SecretServerSysLog.log" />
4. Do an IISReset or Application Pool Recycle
5. Test that events are saved to the file.
Note: That logging to the file will override the CEF settings on the Configuration screen and you are not able to log to BOTH the file and the logging server as the same time.
Article ID: 185, Created On: 10/13/2011, Modified: 1/19/2012