To specify a plug-in using the LogViewer GUI

Purpose

Perform this procedure to configure and enable plug-ins for a log file.

Steps
 
1 

Choose File→Local Log File from the LogViewer main menu, or click Open log in the log tab tool bar. The Local Log File form opens.


2 

Use the form to navigate to the log-file location.


3 

Select a log file and click on the Add object... icon button between the form panels. The log is listed in the panel on the right.

Note: The log file can be in compressed or uncompressed format.


4 

Click on the Plugins tab.


5 

Choose a plug-in from the Plugin drop-down menu.


6 

If you choose the Bring to Front plug-in, perform the following steps:

  1. Specify a regular expression as a match criterion in the Message Filter field.

  2. Go to Step 8 .


7 

If you choose the E-Mail plug-in, perform the following steps:

  1. Specify a regular expression as a match criterion in the Message Filter field.

  2. Configure the required parameters:
    • Message Filter—specifies a regular expression that is used as a filter to identify the log entries that invoke the plug-in

    • Subject—specifies the e-mail message subject line

    • Body Prefix—specifies the text that precedes the log-entry text in an e-mail message

    • Authenticate? —specifies whether or not authentication is enabled

    • User—specifies a user name associated with the plug-in

    • Password—specifies an SMTP password

    • Host—specifies the name of an SMTP server

    • Use TLS? —specifies whether the mail server uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption

    • Use SSL? —specifies whether the mail server uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption

    • To—specifies the e-mail address of the recipient

    • From—specifies the sender e-mail address used by the plug-in

    • Minimum E-mail Time (minutes)—specifies the minimum time between messages that the plug-in sends, to prevent e-mail flooding


8 

Click OK. The Local Log File form closes.

End of steps