FastPCRF Logs

Tracing

The level of detail in the logs is set by the trace parameter in the /etc/dpi/fastpcrf.conf configuration file.

The trace parameter is ignored if the verbose parameter is set to 1 — this value enables trace output for all subsystems. To configure logging for one specific or several subsystems, the verbose parameter must be set to 0.

The trace parameter is a bitmask, where each bit enables detailed logging for a specific subsystem:

0x00000001 — connection monitor — RADIUS connection monitor. Monitors connection activity and decides to switch to a backup RADIUS server if necessary.

0x00000002 — task scheduler — internal task scheduler.

0x00000010 — auth server — responsible for receiving authorization requests from fastDPI (fastDPI → fastPCRF communication).

0x00000200 — radius_client connections — detailed logging of Access-Request queries and Access-Accept/Reject responses.

0x00000400 — radius_client monitor — logging of Server-Status requests checking RADIUS server liveliness and responses to them.

0x00001000 — CoA server — CoA event logging.

0x00002000 — CoA listener - creation of connections with CoA clients.

0x00004000 — CoA processor - detailed logging of CoA requests.

0x00010000 — fdpi_ctl - logging of events for sending data to fastDPI (fastPCRF → fastDPI communication).

0x00020000 — fdpi_crl FIFO - events of the message queue from fastPCRF to fastDPI. CoA requests that need to be sent to all fastDPI servers enter this queue.

0x00100000 — logging of start/stop accounting sending.

0x00200000 — logging of interim update accounting sending.

0x00400000 — logging of receiving raw accounting data from fastDPI.

The trace parameter is hot: its value can be changed on the fly using the service fastpcrf reload command

FastPCRF logs its actions to the /var/log/dpi directory.

Log purposes:

fastpcrf_alert.log

Log of fastPCRF startup/shutdown. If any errors occurred during startup/stop, you will see them in this log.

fastpcrf_ap0.log

Log of receiving authorization requests from fastDPI (fastDPI → fastPCRF communication):

connection errors with fastDPI;

traces of authorization requests received from fastDPI;

traces of receiving accounting data from fastDPI.

fastpcrf_ap1.log

CoA log:

connections with CoA clients;

receiving and processing CoA requests;

communication with DHCP and DHCPv6 servers when processing Framed-Pool and Framed-IPv6-Pool attributes.

fastpcrf_ap2.log

Interaction with RADIUS authorization servers:

connection and disconnection of RADIUS servers;

Access-Request authorization queries;

Access-Accept/Reject responses.

fastpcrf_ap3.log

Accounting log:

connection and disconnection of RADIUS accounting servers;

maintenance of the internal accounting database;

start/stop of subscriber accounting;

sending accounting data.

fastpcrf_ap4.log

Log of fastPCRF → fastDPI communication:

connection with fastDPI via the control port;

sending authorization results to SSG;

sending CoA requests to SSG.

fastpcrf_stat.log

Internal fastPCRF statistics:

memory allocation;

number of requests sent to RADIUS and responses received;

CoA statistics;

statistics on connections with RADIUS servers and with fastDPI.

FastPCRF periodically dumps its internal statistics into this log.