What would cause the logfiles on IIS 5.0 on Win2k to suddenly decrease in size? It use to be multiple lines in the log, now there is only a handful. Below is the sum total of lines from a couple days ago. I've "X" out the ip address. Everything else is the same. P.S. Would a cache server sitting in front of the webserver do this?
#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2002-08-22 12:57:01
#Fields: date time c-ip cs-username s-ip s-port cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query sc-status cs(User-Agent)
2002-08-22 12:57:01 xxx.xxx.x.x - xxx.xxx.x.x 80 - - - 500 -
2002-08-22 12:57:07 xxx.xxx.x.x - xxx.xxx.x.x 80 - - - 500 -
2002-08-22 14:41:30 xx.xx.xxx.xxx - xxx.xxx.x.x 443 - - - 500 -
2002-08-22 19:46:28 xx.xx.xxx.xxx - xxx.xxx.x.x 443 - - - 500 -
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We're in a production environment, so if people could not get to the site we would definitely hear about it. I think it is something prohibiting the logging from functioning correctly. whether that's the cache server, firewall, or ssl accelerator I don't know. Though I'm leaning toward the cache server.
BTW, there were the same number of fields before and after. However since discovering this issue I've added more fields to the log file.
Have solved the issue. Within IIS 5.0 ISM, right click on our site, within the "web site" tab there is a check box to enable logging. Which is what had been checked with the log files being directed to specific windows folder in W3C format. However, selecting "home directory" tab there is a check box for log visits. This was unchecked. As soon as I checked this box and hit save button, log file started logging again. I don't remember having to do both in IIS 4.0? The time frame corresponds when we upgraded to Win2k and IIS 5.0
Thanks for your help, but apologize for the flub-up.
-Stephen
Business Accounts
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by: pssiewPosted on 2002-08-27 at 23:59:01ID: 7245807
>> Fields: date time c-ip cs-username s-ip s-port cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query sc-status cs(User-Agent)
Can you check if the above are all the same number of fields you had before noticing the logfile size getting smaller ?
Also >>2002-08-22 19:46:28 xx.xx.xxx.xxx - xxx.xxx.x.x 443 - - - 500
The 500 in the end means you are getting a internal server error page displaying. Your IIS is not working hence people are not going to your site = smaller log file