[EN] How to Enable Logging in ACS

Summary
  • You want to enable ACS logging
More Information
  • Open regedit
  • Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdtServer\Parameters (for the ACS Collector)
    OR
  • Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdtAgent\Parameters (for the ACS Forwarder)
  • Create a New DWORD key called TraceFlags. Add a Decimal value and the value will be 524420
  • Restart the Service
    • If you enabled ACS logging for the collector
      • net stop adtserver && net start adtserver
    • If you enabled ACS logging for the forwarder
      • net stop adtagent && net start adtagent
  • The log file will be created in %windir%\temp
  • To disable the logging, delete the TraceFlags key.

Conclusion

  • In this post we learned how to enable/disable ACS logging