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System Log Messages Overview

JUNOS software generates system log messages (also called syslog messages) to record events that occur on the device, including the following:

Routine operations, such as creation of an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol adjacency or a user login into the configuration database
Failure and error conditions, such as failure to access a configuration file or unexpected closure of a connection to a child or peer process
Emergency or critical conditions, such as device power-off due to excessive temperature

The JUNOS system logging utility is similar to the UNIX syslogd utility. Each system log message identifies the software process that generated the message and briefly describes the operation or error that occurred.

Reboot requests are recorded to the system log files, which you can view with the show log command. Also, you can view the names of any processes running on your system with the show system processes command.

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