To specify a plug-in using the LogViewer GUI

Purpose

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

Steps
 

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.


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


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.


Click on the Plugins tab.


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


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 .


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


Click OK. The Local Log File form closes.

End of steps