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system session log

Configures your firewall to log session information on session creation, session deletion, and at regular intervals.

set system session log [ creation | deletion | periodic time-in-seconds ]
delete system session log [ creation | deletion | periodic time-in-seconds ]
show system session log [ creation | deletion | periodic time-in-seconds ]
creation
Specifies that the firewall logs session information when a session is created.
deletion
Specifies that the firewall logs session information when a session is deleted.
periodic
Specifies that the firewall logs session information in regular intervals.
time-in-seconds
Specifies the number of seconds between each logging of session information. This value can range from 5 to 86400.

Configuration mode


system {
        session {
                log {
                       creation
		       deletion
		       periodic <time-in-seconds>
		    }
              }
        }
You can configure your firewall to create logs optionally for session creation, session deletion, and for periodic intervals. You can use all three log options at the same time.
Note: Logging occurs during session-table garbage collection.
You can use various forms of the system session log command to perform the following actions:
  • Use the set form of this command to configure session logging.

  • Use the delete form of this command to stop performing session logging.

  • Use the show form of this command to display the session information logs.

The following examples show logs created when the system session log commands are configured.

This example shows a log created on session creation:

Aug 01 14:18:51 vyatta-host1 dataplane[2010]: FIREWALL: SESSION_CREATE duration=0.803 ifname=dp0p1s1 session-id=5 proto=tcp(6) addr=10.10.1.1->10.10.2.3 port=48060->22 fw-rule=FW:10

This example shows a log created on session deletion:

Aug 01 14:23:16 vyatta-host1 dataplane[2010]: FIREWALL: SESSION_DELETE duration=266.152 ifname=dp0p1s1 session-id=5 proto=tcp(6) addr=10.10.1.1->10.10.2.3 port=48060->22 out=40/6747 in=43/5798 fw-rule=FW:10

This example shows a periodic session log:

Aug 01 15:33:02 vyatta-host1 dataplane[2010]: FIREWALL: SESSION_ACTIVE duration=137.231 ifname=dp0p1s2 session-id=11 proto=udp(17) dir=out addr=10.10.1.2->10.10.2.3 port=34571->111 out=77/14132 in=34/10231 fw-rule=fw_out:100 alg=rpc engine=ndpi app-name=(Unavailable) proto-name=NFS type=DataTransfer