REAL-TIME LOGS

Real-time logging allows firewalls that do not have dedicated storage space (/log partition on hard disk, SD or microSD card) to display logs available in the firewall's memory.

The number of log lines that can be displayed depends on the firewall's memory capacity.

Log file selection field

Select the log file for which you wish to display entries.

The following log files are available:

  • Administration,
  • Alarms,
  • Authentication,
  • Application connections,
  • Network connections,
  • System events,
  • Filter policy,
  • HTTP proxy,
  • SMTP proxy,
  • FTP proxy,
  • POP3 proxy,
  • SSL proxy,
  • IPsec VPN,
  • SSL VPN,
  • Dynamic multicast routing,
  • Sandboxing,
  • Filter statistics,
  • Router statistics,
  • Monitoring.

Log display

When a log file is selected, the events contained in the file are displayed in the grid.

The columns found in the grid depend on the log file selected.

Possible operations

Search Enter a character string in this field to filter by the entries displayed (IP address, protocol, host name, user, etc.).
Refresh This button refreshes the list of logs that are displayed in the grid.
Refreshment time This button can be used to change how often the grid is automatically refreshed.
Pause/Resume Click this button to pause or resume automatic grid refreshment.
Actions

This drop-down list offers three additional actions:

  • Show all columns: the default display selects a certain number of columns, depending on the log file displayed. Click on this action to display all available columns for the selected log.
  • Export data: select this action to download data from the selected log file in CSV format.
  • Reset columns: select this action to return to the default log file display.

Interactive features

Depending on the cell selected, when you right-click on a log line, you can:

  • Search for this value in the All logs view,
  • Check usage of this host,
  • Show host details,
  • Blacklist this object (for 1 minute, 5 minutes, 30 minutes or 3 hours),
  • Copy the selected line to the clipboard,
  • Copy the current cell to the clipboard,
  • Add the host to the objects base and/or add it to a group.