Log and Configuration Files

This section describes some log and configuration files you can examine during the troubleshooting.

Files on Security Group Members in Security Groups

Feature

File

Additional cluster information

$FWDIR/log/cpha_policy.log.*

All logs that do not have a dedicated log file

/var/log/junk.log.dbg

Command auditing

/var/log/asgaudit.log*

CPD daemon

$CPDIR/log/cpd.elg

Discovering the hardware components

/var/log/start_linker.log.dbg

Distribution

/var/log/dist_mode.log*

Dividing physical interfaces to slave BackPlane interfaces
and assembling the bond (BPEth) interfaces

/var/log/start_tor_sgm.log.dbg

/var/log/start_bfm.log.dbg

Dynamic Routing

/var/log/routed.log

Early boot configuration cloning

/var/log/image_clone.log.dbg

Expert mode shell auditing

/var/log/command_logger.log*

FWD daemon

$FWDIR/log/fwd.elg

FWK daemon (VSX information)

$FWDIR/log/fwk.elg.*

(in the context of each Virtual System)

Gaia Alerts

/var/log/send_alert.*

Gaia Clish auditing

/var/log/auditlog*

Gaia First Time Configuration Wizard

/var/log/ftw_install.log

Gaia OS installation

/var/log/anaconda.log

General log file

/var/log/messages*

Information about the dedicated Sync interfaces

/var/log/start_smo.log.dbg

LLDP updates

/var/log/smartd.log.dbg

Also, run the lldpneighbors command

Log Servers

/var/log/log_servers*

Pulling the Security GroupClosed A logical group of Security Appliances that provides Active/Active cluster functionality. A Security Group can contain one or more Security Appliances. Security Groups work separately and independently from each other. To the production networks, a Security Group appears a single Security Gateway. Every Security Group contains: (A) Applicable Uplink ports, to which your production networks are connected; (B) Security Appliances (the Quantum Maestro Orchestrator determines the applicable Downlink ports automatically); (C) Applicable management port, to which the Check Point Management Server is connected. configuration, rebooting, cluster configuration

$FWDIR/log/blade_config.*

Reboot logs

/var/log/reboot.log

Security Group installation

/var/log/start_mbs.log

Silent install when adding a new Security Group Member to an existing Security Group

/var/log/silent_install.log.dbg

Synchronization of the new configuration to the Gaia database

/var/log/start_smo_1.log.dbg

VPND daemon

$FWDIR/log/vpnd.elg*

Files on Quantum Maestro Orchestrators

Feature

File

All logs that do not have a dedicated log file

/var/log/junk.log.dbg

Applying Security Group configuration

/var/log/ssm_sg.log.dbg

Configuring the SDK

/var/log/messages

Information about Security Groups

/etc/sgdb.json

Information about detected Security Group Members

/etc/rsrcdb.json

LLDP updates

/var/log/smartd.log.dbg

Also, run the lldpctl command

Starting of the SDK

/var/log/start_tor_ssm.log.dbg