Turn on authentication logging
IMPORTANT: You must turn on logging, only if you need to investigate a problem. This feature generates substantial amounts of data and you should turn it off, when you do not use it.
Turn on authentication logging
To this, perform the following:
- Navigate to Administration » Settings » Advanced » Authentication.
- Select Enable logging checkbox.
- Save your changes.
In case you are unable to access your website backend (for example due to authentication problems), you can manually enable authentication logging for troubleshootign purposes. To do that, you'll need to edit your Sitefinity CMS configuration files, so please proceed with the followign steps with caution:
- Edit the ~/App_Data/Sitefinity/Configuration/AuthenticationConfig.config file
- Set enableLogging="True" in the authenticationConfig tag:
The log information is available in the Authentication.log file, located in your project’s ~\App_Data\Sitefinity\Logs folder.
Change the default logger
To change the default logger, perform the following:
- Override the current
SitefinityStsLogProvider or implement custom IdentityServer3.Core.Logging.ILogProvider
- Register the provider in the
ObjectFactory, in the following way:
ObjectFactory.Container.RegisterInstance<IdentityServer3.Core.Logging.ILogProvider>(new MyLogger());