traceoptions

Syntax

traceoptions {file <filename> <files number> <match regular-expression> <size size> <world-readable | no-world-readable>;flag flag;no-remote-trace;}

Hierarchy Level

[edit event-options]

Release Information

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 7.5.

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.

Description

Define tracing operations for event policies.

Default

If you do not include this statement, no event-policy-specific tracing operations are performed.

Options

filename—Name of the file to receive the output of the tracing operation. All files are placed in the directory /var/log. By default, commit script process tracing output is placed in the file eventd. If you include the file statement, you must specify a filename. To retain the default, you can specify eventd as the filename.

files number—(Optional) Maximum number of trace files. When a trace file named trace-file reaches its maximum size, it is renamed and compressed to trace-file.0.gz. When trace-file again reaches its maximum size, trace-file.0.gz is renamed trace-file.1.gz and trace-file is renamed and compressed to trace-file.0.gz. This renaming scheme continues until the maximum number of trace files is reached. Then the oldest trace file is overwritten.

If you specify a maximum number of files, you also must specify a maximum file size with the size option and a filename.

Range: 2 through 1000

Default: 3 files

flag—Tracing operation to perform. To specify more than one tracing operation, include multiple flag statements. You can include the following flags:

all—Log all operations
configuration—Log reading of configuration at the [edit event-options] hierarchy level
events—Log eventd processing
database—Log events involving storage and retrieval in events database
server—Log communication with processes that are generating events
timer-events—Log internally generated events

match regular-expression—(Optional) Refine the output to include lines that contain the regular expression.

no-world-readable—Restrict file access to owner. This is the default.

size size—(Optional) Maximum size of each trace file, in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), or gigabytes (GB). When a trace file named trace-file reaches this size, it is renamed and compressed to trace-file.0.gz. When the trace-file again reaches its maximum size, trace-file.0.gz is renamed trace-file.1.gz and trace-file is renamed and compressed to trace-file.0.gz. This renaming scheme continues until the maximum number of trace files is reached. Then the oldest trace file is overwritten.

If you specify a maximum file size, you also must specify a maximum number of trace files with the files option and filename.

Syntax: xk to specify KB, xm to specify MB, or xg to specify GB

Range: 10 KB through 1 GB

Default: 128 KB

world-readable—(Optional) Enable unrestricted file access.

Required Privilege Level

maintenance—To view this statement in the configuration.
maintenance-control—To add this statement to the configuration.