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Enabling API Connect Gateway Service Logs in

DataPower
Aug 2, 2019 • Category APIConnect by Chris Phillips Buy me a coffee!! 16

Thanks to Sara Hagger

DataPower is the gateway/runtime for API Connect. In order for API Connect to synchronise APIs with the Gateway it uses a new
DataPower piece of function called the API Connect Gateway Service. When you deploy DataPower in Kubernetes with APIC UP a
special log target is configured to store the API Connect Gateway Service logs. However on all other forms of DataPower this is
needs to be enabled.

Viewing the log

If you follow the steps below or you are using DataPower by deployed by APICUP the log file will be available in logtemp:///gwd-
log

Via the Cli

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Log into the cli either directly via the console or ssh. Run the following commands, where the domain containing the API Connect
Gateway Service is called apiconnect.

top; configure; switch apiconnect; logging target gwd-log

type file
format text
timestamp syslog
size 50000
local-file logtemp:///gwd-log
event apic-gw-service debug
exit
write memory

Via the Web UI

1 - Log into DataPower

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2 - Go to the domain with the API Connect Gateway Service

3 - Go to the log target

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4 - Click Add

5 - Set the following properties

Name
File Name - logtemp:///gwd-log
Log Size - 50000

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6 - Click on Event Subscription

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7 - Click on Add

8 - Select apic-gw-service with the debug level (feel free to change the level if need be )

9 - Press Done.

10 - Press Apply

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