# FileWave Log File Locations

The following lists the locations of log files, as well as some additional files used by FileWave across the FileWave family of products

## FileWave Admin

### FileWave Admin Logs

<table id="bkmrk-details-file-locatio" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184);"><td style="width: 24.349067%;">**Details**</td><td style="width: 32.634864%;">**File**</td><td style="width: 43.016069%;">**Location**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 24.349067%;">**FileWave Admin Log**  
  
Logs all FileWave Admin Connection Activity</td><td style="width: 32.634864%;">FileWaveAdmin.log, FileWaveAdmin.log.\*</td><td style="width: 43.016069%;">macOS  
  
`~/Library/Application Support/FileWave/FileWaveAdmin.log`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FileWaveAdmin.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 24.349067%;">**Client Logs**  
  
Retrieved Client Logs</td><td style="width: 32.634864%;">ClientLog\_**$IP\_$Port\_$date**.log</td><td style="width: 43.016069%;">macOS  
  
`~/Library/Application Support/FileWave/Client Logs/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\Client Logs\`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 24.349067%;">**Server Logs**  
  
Retrieved Server Logs  
  
FileWave Admin &gt; Server &gt; Get Logfile</td><td style="width: 32.634864%;">fwxserver\_**$timestamp**.log</td><td style="width: 43.016069%;">macOS  
  
`~/Library/Application Support/FileWave/Server Logs/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\Server Logs\`</td></tr></tbody></table>

### FileWave Admin Files

<table id="bkmrk-details-file-locatio-1" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184);"><td style="width: 24.234461%;">**Details**</td><td style="width: 37.446627%;">**File**</td><td style="width: 38.318912%;">**Location**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 24.234461%;">**FileWave Admin Settings**  
  
Settings for the local FileWave Admin App</td><td style="width: 37.446627%;">**macOS**

- com.filewave.FileWaveAdmin.plist
- com.filewave.admin.plist

**Windows**

- Registry

</td><td style="width: 38.318912%;">macOS  
  
`~/Library/Preferences/`  
  
Windows  
  
`HKCU\Software\FileWave\FileWave Admin`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 24.234461%;">**Exported Views**  
  
Views saved from FileWave Admin:  
  
\* Views &gt; Export Current View</td><td style="width: 37.446627%;">Filesets Export (**$date**).txt</td><td style="width: 38.318912%;">macOS  
  
`~/Library/Application Support/FileWave/Exports`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\Exports`</td></tr></tbody></table>

## FileWave Booster

### Booster Logs

<table id="bkmrk-details-file-locatio-2" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184);"><td style="width: 22.1692%;">**Details**</td><td style="width: 31.5835%;">**File**</td><td style="width: 46.2472%;">**Location**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.1692%;">**Booster Log**  
  
Global Booster activity</td><td style="width: 31.5835%;">fwbooster.log</td><td style="width: 46.2472%;">macOS/Linux  
  
`/private/var/log/fwbooster.log`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWBooster\fwbooster.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.1692%;">**NATS**  
  
NATS Booster Logs</td><td style="width: 31.5835%;">**macOS/Linux**

- nats-booster.err.log
- nats-booster.out.log

**Windows**

- nats-booster.log

</td><td style="width: 46.2472%;">macOS/Linux  
  
`/private/var/log/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWBooster\NATS\nats-booster.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.1692%;">**Discovery Log**  
  
Only exists when discovery configured and run</td><td style="width: 31.5835%;">**macOS/Linux**

- fwdiscovery.log

</td><td style="width: 46.2472%;">macOS/Linux  
  
`/private/var/log/fwdiscovery.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.1692%;">**NGINX**

Only for Boosters connecting to Hosted FW Servers

</td><td style="width: 31.5835%;">**macOS/Windows/Linux**

- fwbooster\_nginx\_access.log
- fwbooster\_nginx\_error.log

</td><td style="width: 46.2472%;">macOS/Linux

`/private/var/log/`

Windows

`C:\FWBooster\Data Folder\`

</td></tr></tbody></table>

## FileWave Client

### FileWave Client Logs

<table id="bkmrk-details-file-locatio-3" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184);"><td style="width: 19.308701%;">**Details**</td><td style="width: 40.882002%;">**File**</td><td style="width: 39.809297%;">**Location**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.308701%;">**Client Logs**  
  
Global Client activity</td><td style="width: 40.882002%;">fwcld.log</td><td style="width: 39.809297%;">macOS  
  
`/var/log/fwcld.log`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWClient\fwcld.log`</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width: 19.308701%;">**Kiosk Logs**  
  
Kiosk application activity  
  
</td><td style="width: 40.882002%;">**Kiosk V1**

- FWGUI.log

</td><td style="width: 39.809297%;">macOS  
  
`~/Library/Application\ Support/FileWave/FWGUI.log`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWGUI.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 40.882002%;">**Kiosk V2**

- kiosk.log

</td><td style="width: 39.809297%;">macOS

`~/Library/Application\ Support/FileWave/kiosk.log`

Windows

`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\kiosk.log`

</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.308701%;">**Fileset Script Logs**  
  
Logs generated by Fileset scripts</td><td style="width: 40.882002%;">macOS  
  
**$Fileset\_ID**/**$script\_name\_from\_fileset**.log  
  
Windows  
  
**$Fileset\_ID**\\**$script\_name\_from\_fileset**.log</td><td style="width: 39.809297%;">macOS  
  
`/var/log/fwcld/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\log\fwcld\`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.308701%;">**Custom Field Logs**  
  
Logs generated by Custom Fields</td><td style="width: 40.882002%;">custom\_field\_script.**$script\_type**.log  
e.g.

- custom\_field\_script.ps1.log
- custom\_field\_script.sh.log

</td><td style="width: 39.809297%;">macOS  
  
`/var/log/fwcld/1/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\log\fwcld\1\`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.308701%;">**Fileset Blocker Script Logs**  
  
Logs generated by Blocker Scripts</td><td style="width: 40.882002%;">blocker\_script.**$script\_type**.log  
e.g.

- blocker\_script.py.log
- blocker\_script.bat.log

</td><td style="width: 39.809297%;">macOS  
  
`/var/log/fwcld/1/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\log\fwcld\1\`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 19.308701%;">**Installer (PKG / MSI) Logs**  
  
Logs generated from PKG/MSI Filesets</td><td style="width: 40.882002%;">**$Fileset\_ID**.log</td><td style="width: 39.809297%;">macOS  
  
`/usr/local/etc/FileWaveInstallerLogfiles/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FileWaveInstallerLogfiles\`</td></tr></tbody></table>

### FileWave Client Files

<table id="bkmrk-details-file-locatio-4" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184);"><td style="width: 26.959972%;">**Details**</td><td style="width: 31.383662%;">**File**</td><td style="width: 41.779975%;">**Location**</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(194, 224, 244); width: 26.959972%;">**FileWave Client Settings**  
  
Settings for the FileWave Client</td><td style="width: 31.383662%;">**macOS**

- fwcld.plist

**Windows**

- Registry

</td><td style="width: 41.779975%;">macOS  
  
`/usr/local/etc/`  
  
Windows  
  
`HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Filewave\WinClient`</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(194, 224, 244); width: 26.959972%;">**FileWave Client Preferences**  
  
Preference file containing unique client details</td><td style="width: 31.383662%;">**macOS**

- com.filewave.Client.plist

**Windows**

- client.ini

</td><td style="width: 41.779975%;">macOS  
  
`/Library/Preferences/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\`</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(194, 224, 244); width: 26.959972%;">**FileWave Client Certificate**  
  
Unique certificate &amp; key per client</td><td style="width: 31.383662%;">- client.crt
- client.key

</td><td style="width: 41.779975%;">macOS  
  
`/var/FileWave/`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWClient\`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 26.959972%;">**Trust Store**  
  
Store for self-signed certificates</td><td style="width: 31.383662%;">\*.crt</td><td style="width: 41.779975%;">macOS  
  
`/private/var/FileWave/trust_store`  
  
Windows  
  
`C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWClient\trust_store`</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p class="callout info">Cells highlighted in blue indicate files that are unique per client. These files should not be included when copying or migrating clients from one machine to another. To de-personalise a device, without removing the FileWave Client, some files would require editing, whilst others would need to be removed. If it was felt this was a requirement, consider contacting support to assist with this process.</p>

## FileWave Imaging Server (IVS)

### IVS Logs

<table id="bkmrk-details-file-locatio-5" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184);"><td style="width: 29.295426%;">**Details**</td><td style="width: 36.604862%;">**File**</td><td style="width: 34.099712%;">**Location**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 29.295426%;">**Django Imaging Server Logs**  
  
Django logs for requests regarding Serial numbers, names etc. made by netbooted clients</td><td style="width: 36.604862%;">filewave\_imaging\_server\*.log</td><td style="width: 34.099712%;">`/imaging/logs/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 29.295426%;">**Windows Image Upload Logs**  
  
Captured Windows image uploads</td><td style="width: 36.604862%;">fwadmin.log</td><td style="width: 34.099712%;">`/imaging/logs/fwadmin.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 29.295426%;">**Windows Image Upload Logs**  
  
Captured Windows image uploads</td><td style="width: 36.604862%;">fwadmin-dlog.log</td><td style="width: 34.099712%;">`/var/log/fwadmin-dlog.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 29.295426%;">**Messages Logs**  
  
Netboot/PXE Queries &amp; Responses,TFTP transfers, NFS Mounts</td><td style="width: 36.604862%;">dnsmasq Log</td><td style="width: 34.099712%;">CentoS

`/var/log/messages`

Debian

`/var/log/syslog`

</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 29.295426%;">**Apache Imaging Server Logs**  
  
Apache logs for requests regarding Serial numbers, names etc. made by netbooted clients</td><td style="width: 36.604862%;">netboot\_\*.log</td><td style="width: 34.099712%;">`/imaging/logs/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 29.295426%;">**Client Imaging Logs**  
  
Client logs - indicating progress of imaging operation of netbooted clients</td><td style="width: 36.604862%;">**$Serial/$Mac-$Date**</td><td style="width: 34.099712%;">`/imaging/logs/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 29.295426%;">**FileWave Client Log**  
  
IVS FileWave Client Log</td><td style="width: 36.604862%;">fwcld.log</td><td style="width: 34.099712%;">`/var/log/fwcld.log`</td></tr></tbody></table>

## FileWave Server

### FileWave Server Logs

<table id="bkmrk-details-file-locatio-6" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184);"><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Details**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">**File**</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">**Location**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Apache Logs**  
  
Server Apache logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- access\_log, access\_log.\*
- error\_log, error\_log.\*
- forensic\_log
- httpd.pid

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/apache/logs/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Apache Exporter Logs**  
  
Server Apache Exporter Logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- apache\_exporter.out.log
- apache\_exporter.err.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Alert Manager Logs**  
  
Server Alert Manager logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- alertmanager.out.log
- alertmanager.err.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**FileWave Admin Audit Logs**  
  
Audit logs from FileWave Admin</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">audit.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/audit.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**FileWave Admin Audit Logs**

Audit logs from FileWave Admin

</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">fwaaudit-\[date\].txt

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/private/var/log/FWAdmin Audit/`  
</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**FileWave Dotenv file**

Environment variable like configs across services.

</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">\*.env</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/etc/filewave/.env`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Django Logs**  
  
Server Django logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- filewave\_django.log, filewave\_django.log.\*
- filewave\_django\_vpp.log
- filewave\_django\_classroom.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**LDAP Logs**  
  
Logs from LDAP</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">fwldap.log, fwldap.log.\*</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/private/var/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Software Update Logs**  
  
Software Update logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">fwsu.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/private/var/log/fwsu.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**FWX Process Logs**  
  
Various fwx process logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- fwxadmin.log
- fwxother.log
- fwxserver.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/private/var/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.1261%;">**Model Update Service Log**</td><td style="width: 43.8813%;">model\_update\_service.log

</td><td style="width: 33.9926%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Migration Logs**  
  
Server migration logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">fwxserver-migration-\*</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/var/log/fwxserver-migration-*`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Grafana Logs**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- grafana.log
- grafana.out.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Installer Logs**  
  
Linux installer logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">install.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/private/var/log/install.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**mtail Logs**  
  
Server mtail logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- mtail.out.log
- mtail.err.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**NATS Logs**  
  
NATS logs</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- nats-server.out.log
- nats-server.err.log
- nats-server-jwt.out.log
- nats-server-jwt.err.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Web Admin Logs**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- node\_exporter.out.log
- node\_exporter.err.log
- task\_executor.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Postgres Exporter Logs**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- postgres\_exporter.out.log
- postgres\_exporter.err.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Postgres Database Logs**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">postgresql-**$day**.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/fwxserver/DB/pg_data/pg_log/*.log`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Prometheus Logs**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- prometheus\_pushprox.out.log
- prometheus\_pushprox.err.log
- prometheus.out.log
- prometheus.err.log
- redis\_exporter.out.log
- redis\_exporter.err.log
- redis.out.log
- redis.err.log
- redis.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**FileWave Server Logs**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">request\_errors.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**SQL Logs**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">sql.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Update Controller Logs**  
  
Removed in FileWave 14.10</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">- update\_controller\_access.log
- update\_controller.log

</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Client Monitor**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">client\_monitor.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**FileWave Log Messages**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">task\_executor.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 22.126082%;">**Scheduler Log Messages**</td><td style="width: 43.881335%;">huey.log</td><td style="width: 33.992583%;">`/usr/local/filewave/log/`</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Additional Logging

All of the above will default to standard log level. There are 3 levels of logging available:

- 10 – Standard Log Level
- 99 – Debug Log Level
- 101 – Trace Log Level

The level of logging may be set as per our guide:

[How to set FileWave Server components to debug mode](https://kb.filewave.com/books/filewave-server/page/how-to-set-filewave-server-components-to-debug-mode "How to set FileWave Server components to debug mode")