Configuring the action log web service using the configuration tool

To collect logging from the Spotfire Server and specified services (Spotfire Analyst, Web Player and Automation Services), first enable and configure writing to a file, to a database, or both, and then enable and configure the action log web service. This task describes configuring the action log web service from the configuration tool.

About this task

Alternatively, you can configure the action log web service using the command line.

Before you begin

You must have administrative credentials for Spotfire Server.
You must have configured the server to write action logs to a file and/or to a database.

Procedure

On the computer running Spotfire Server, click Start, and locate and click Configure Spotfire Server.
When prompted, provide the tool password.

The configuration tool is loaded and initiated.
Select the Configuration tab, and then from the Configuration Start list, click User Action log.
User Action Log configuration options are displayed.
Select the logger to enable.
- Enable database logger: writes the user action log to the specified and configured database.
- Enable file logger: writes the user action log to a text file. For more information, see Setting action logging to write to a file using the configuration tool
- If you specified Enable database logger, then the Database logger configuration is available. Provide the configuration settings to contain the log. For more information, see Setting action logging to write to a database using the configuration tool.
- Enable web service is available.
Set Enable web service to Yes.
The Web service configuration section is available.
Specify the settings for the web service configuration.
- Specify the allowed host as a regular expression, if different from the default .*. For example, 192\.168\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{ 1,3}$
- Specify which categories to allow to communicate with the server. The default is All. If you set this option to Some Categories, then you can select from the resulting list box the service categories to allow. See Action log categories for a complete list.
At startup, a service reads the list and sends to the Spotfire Server user action logger only the user action information for those services that are allowed. If a service is not allowed, then at startup, it has no communication with the Spotfire Server action logger. This setting is useful if you want to remove high-volume services from filling the log files.
Important: If you set the property to enable a service, but you do not set the property to allow it, then no communication is sent from the service to the logger.
At the bottom of the page, click Save configuration.
The Save configuration wizard is displayed. Database (recommended) is the pre-selected option, used to immediately apply the new configuration.
Click Next.
Enter a comment about the changes done to the configuration, and then click Finish.

What to do next

Restart all services and Spotfire Server for your changes to take effect.