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    Junos OS System Logging Facilities and Message Severity Levels

    Table 1 lists the Junos system logging facilities that you can specify in configuration statements at the [edit system syslog] hierarchy level.

    Table 1: Junos OS System Logging Facilities

    Facility

    Type of Event or Error

    any

    All (messages from all facilities)

    authorization

    Authentication and authorization attempts

    change-log

    Changes to the Junos OS configuration

    conflict-log

    Specified configuration is invalid on the router type

    daemon

    Actions performed or errors encountered by system processes

    dfc

    Events related to dynamic flow capture

    firewall

    Packet filtering actions performed by a firewall filter

    ftp

    Actions performed or errors encountered by the FTP process

    interactive-commands

    Commands issued at the Junos OS command-line interface (CLI) prompt or by a client application such as a Junos XML protocol or NETCONF XML client

    kernel

    Actions performed or errors encountered by the Junos OS kernel

    pfe

    Actions performed or errors encountered by the Packet Forwarding Engine

    user

    Actions performed or errors encountered by user-space processes

    Table 2 lists the severity levels that you can specify in configuration statements at the [edit system syslog] hierarchy level. The levels from emergency through info are in order from highest severity (greatest effect on functioning) to lowest.

    Unlike the other severity levels, the none level disables logging of a facility instead of indicating how seriously a triggering event affects routing functions. For more information, see Disabling the System Logging of a Facility.

    Table 2: System Log Message Severity Levels

    Severity Level

    Description

    any

    Includes all severity levels

    none

    Disables logging of the associated facility to a destination

    emergency

    System panic or other condition that causes the router to stop functioning

    alert

    Conditions that require immediate correction, such as a corrupted system database

    critical

    Critical conditions, such as hard errors

    error

    Error conditions that generally have less serious consequences than errors at the emergency, alert, and critical levels

    warning

    Conditions that warrant monitoring

    notice

    Conditions that are not errors but might warrant special handling

    info

    Events or nonerror conditions of interest

    Published: 2013-01-16