# 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
**Details****File****Location**
**FileWave Admin Log** Logs all FileWave Admin Connection ActivityFileWaveAdmin.log, FileWaveAdmin.log.\*macOS `~/Library/Application Support/FileWave/FileWaveAdmin.log` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FileWaveAdmin.log`
**Client Logs** Retrieved Client LogsClientLog\_**$IP\_$Port\_$date**.logmacOS `~/Library/Application Support/FileWave/Client Logs/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\Client Logs\`
**Server Logs** Retrieved Server Logs FileWave Admin > Server > Get Logfilefwxserver\_**$timestamp**.logmacOS `~/Library/Application Support/FileWave/Server Logs/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\Server Logs\`
### FileWave Admin Files
**Details****File****Location**
**FileWave Admin Settings** Settings for the local FileWave Admin App**macOS** - com.filewave.FileWaveAdmin.plist - com.filewave.admin.plist **Windows** - Registry macOS `~/Library/Preferences/` Windows `HKCU\Software\FileWave\FileWave Admin`
**Exported Views** Views saved from FileWave Admin: \* Views > Export Current ViewFilesets Export (**$date**).txtmacOS `~/Library/Application Support/FileWave/Exports` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\Exports`
## FileWave Booster ### Booster Logs
**Details****File****Location**
**Booster Log** Global Booster activityfwbooster.logmacOS/Linux `/private/var/log/fwbooster.log` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWBooster\fwbooster.log`
**NATS** NATS Booster Logs**macOS/Linux** - nats-booster.err.log - nats-booster.out.log **Windows** - nats-booster.log macOS/Linux `/private/var/log/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWBooster\NATS\nats-booster.log`
**Discovery Log** Only exists when discovery configured and run**macOS/Linux** - fwdiscovery.log macOS/Linux `/private/var/log/fwdiscovery.log`
## FileWave Client ### FileWave Client Logs
**Details****File****Location**
**Client Logs** Global Client activityfwcld.logmacOS `/var/log/fwcld.log` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWClient\fwcld.log`
**Kiosk Logs** Kiosk application activity **Kiosk V1** - FWGUI.log macOS `~/Library/Application\ Support/FileWave/FWGUI.log` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWGUI.log`
**Kiosk V2** - kiosk.log macOS `~/Library/Application\ Support/FileWave/kiosk.log` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\kiosk.log`
**Fileset Script Logs** Logs generated by Fileset scriptsmacOS **$Fileset\_ID**/**$script\_name\_from\_fileset**.log Windows **$Fileset\_ID**\\**$script\_name\_from\_fileset**.logmacOS `/var/log/fwcld/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\log\fwcld\`
**Custom Field Logs** Logs generated by Custom Fieldscustom\_field\_script.**$script\_type**.log e.g. - custom\_field\_script.ps1.log - custom\_field\_script.sh.log macOS `/var/log/fwcld/1/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\log\fwcld\1\`
**Fileset Blocker Script Logs** Logs generated by Blocker Scriptsblocker\_script.**$script\_type**.log e.g. - blocker\_script.py.log - blocker\_script.bat.log macOS `/var/log/fwcld/1/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\log\fwcld\1\`
**Installer (PKG / MSI) Logs** Logs generated from PKG/MSI Filesets**$Fileset\_ID**.logmacOS `/usr/local/etc/FileWaveInstallerLogfiles/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FileWaveInstallerLogfiles\`
### FileWave Client Files
**Details****File****Location**
**FileWave Client Settings** Settings for the FileWave Client**macOS** - fwcld.plist **Windows** - Registry macOS `/usr/local/etc/` Windows `HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Filewave\WinClient`
**FileWave Client Preferences** Preference file containing unique client details**macOS** - com.filewave.Client.plist **Windows** - client.ini macOS `/Library/Preferences/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\`
**FileWave Client Certificate** Unique certificate & key per client- client.crt - client.key macOS `/var/FileWave/` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWClient\`
**Trust Store** Store for self-signed certificates\*.crtmacOS `/private/var/FileWave/trust_store` Windows `C:\ProgramData\FileWave\FWClient\trust_store`

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.

## FileWave Imaging Server (IVS) ### IVS Logs
**Details****File****Location**
**Django Imaging Server Logs** Django logs for requests regarding Serial numbers, names etc. made by netbooted clientsfilewave\_imaging\_server\*.log`/imaging/logs/`
**Windows Image Upload Logs** Captured Windows image uploadsfwadmin.log`/imaging/logs/fwadmin.log`
**Windows Image Upload Logs** Captured Windows image uploadsfwadmin-dlog.log`/var/log/fwadmin-dlog.log`
**Messages Logs** Netboot/PXE Queries & Responses,TFTP transfers, NFS Mountsdnsmasq LogCentoS `/var/log/messages` Debian `/var/log/syslog`
**Apache Imaging Server Logs** Apache logs for requests regarding Serial numbers, names etc. made by netbooted clientsnetboot\_\*.log`/imaging/logs/`
**Client Imaging Logs** Client logs - indicating progress of imaging operation of netbooted clients**$Serial/$Mac-$Date**`/imaging/logs/`
**FileWave Client Log** IVS FileWave Client Logfwcld.log`/var/log/fwcld.log`
## FileWave Server ### FileWave Server Logs
**Details****File****Location**
**Apache Logs** Server Apache logs- access\_log, access\_log.\* - error\_log, error\_log.\* - forensic\_log - httpd.pid `/usr/local/filewave/apache/logs/`
**Apache Exporter Logs** Server Apache Exporter Logs- apache\_exporter.out.log - apache\_exporter.err.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Alert Manager Logs** Server Alert Manager logs- alertmanager.out.log - alertmanager.err.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**FileWave Admin Audit Logs** Audit logs from FileWave Adminaudit.log`/usr/local/filewave/log/audit.log`
**FileWave Admin Audit Logs** Audit logs from FileWave Admin fwaaudit-\[date\].txt `/private/var/log/FWAdmin Audit/`
**FileWave Dotenv file** Environment variable like configs across services. \*.env`/usr/local/etc/filewave/.env`
**Django Logs** Server Django logs- filewave\_django.log, filewave\_django.log.\* - filewave\_django\_vpp.log - filewave\_django\_classroom.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**LDAP Logs** Logs from LDAPfwldap.log, fwldap.log.\*`/private/var/log/`
**Software Update Logs** Software Update logsfwsu.log`/private/var/log/fwsu.log`
**FWX Process Logs** Various fwx process logs- fwxadmin.log - fwxother.log - fwxserver.log `/private/var/log/`
**Model Update Service Log**model\_update\_service.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Migration Logs** Server migration logsfwxserver-migration-\*`/var/log/fwxserver-migration-*`
**Grafana Logs**- grafana.log - grafana.out.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Installer Logs** Linux installer logsinstall.log`/private/var/log/install.log`
**mtail Logs** Server mtail logs- mtail.out.log - mtail.err.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**NATS Logs** NATS logs- nats-server.out.log - nats-server.err.log - nats-server-jwt.out.log - nats-server-jwt.err.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Web Admin Logs**- node\_exporter.out.log - node\_exporter.err.log - task\_executor.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Postgres Exporter Logs**- postgres\_exporter.out.log - postgres\_exporter.err.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Postgres Database Logs**postgresql-**$day**.log`/usr/local/filewave/fwxserver/DB/pg_data/pg_log/*.log`
**Prometheus Logs**- 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 `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**FileWave Server Logs**request\_errors.log`/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**SQL Logs**sql.log`/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Update Controller Logs** Removed in FileWave 14.10- update\_controller\_access.log - update\_controller.log `/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Client Monitor**client-monitor.log`/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**FileWave Log Messages**task\_executor.log`/usr/local/filewave/log/`
**Scheduler Log Messages**huey.log`/usr/local/filewave/log/`
## 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")