In this task, you will enable failed-request tracing for the Default Web Site and specify where to put the log files. I made no changes to the user identity (ApplicationPoolIdentity) or the log file location (c:\inetpub\logs\FailedReqLogFiles). Then check whether there are logs generated. If FRT is enabled and the FRT rules are correctly set(normally, set a range 200-900 for status code will catch all the incoming requests), it should capture the operation that The element of the element sets the failed request tracing options for site, such as the directory for failed request tracing log files, the maximum number of failed request tracing log files, and whether failed request tracing is enabled. Think about it this way: you created a rule that is configured specifically to write a trace when nothing in the Event Viewer. After you finish the default installation of IIS 7 and later, you must install the tracing role service to use failed request tracing. | © 2020 Microsoft. To enable Failed Request Tracing on the Default Web Site, enter: To configure the Failed Request Tracing Rules as shown in the UI above, enter: In this step, you will send requests to Application Request Routing and analyze Failed Request Tracing logs. If you are unsure, select the Default Web Site in IIS Manager, and then select Advanced Settings… in the Actions pane. List the files in the directory to confirm that new xml files are written. You must be sure to set the commit parameter to apphost when you use AppCmd.exe to configure these settings. where there are anything abnormal with your website other than the one you currently expected. In the site's Home pane, click Failed Request Tracing... in the Actions pane. For more information about Failed Request Tracing Rules, refer to this article. You will then configure the failure for which to generate failure logs. Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 or above on Windows 2008 (any SKU) or newer with Tracing role service installed for IIS. The value of the ID indicates the corresponding folder. All rights reserved. IIS.NET Forums Select Complete Request Trace, and then click Expand All. Failed request tracing is not enabled for this website. If the issue persists, I suggest I believe the path you see in event log is for iis log creation not frt logs. Could you please post your failed request tracing settings here: Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager: If you are using Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2: If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1: If you are using Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2: If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7: In the Connections pane, expand the server name, expand the Sites node, then click the name of the site. I changed the range to 200-900, but the logs are still not creating. Using Netmon, I can look at the HTTP packet being sent - and it says my GET request to .001 receives an HTTP 302 redirect response from the server. The only other IIS logs that I can find are just in the inetpub/logs/LogFiles directory - none of the log files with date modifieds from today contain any references to my request either. I have removed the tag enclosures, since they would not display in my post... add provider="ASPNET" areas="Infrastructure,Module,Page,AppServices" verbosity="Verbose" /, add provider="ISAPI Extension" verbosity="Verbose" /, add provider="WWW Server" areas="Authentication,Security,Filter,Stati cFile,CGI,Compression,Cache,RequestNotifications,Module,FastCGI,Rewrite" verbosi ty="Verbose" /, failureDefinitions timeTaken="00:00:00" statusCodes="200-499" /. However, when I go to the site in my browser, no log file is created by FRT. This is unrelated to Sharepoint - this behavior is occurring between an IP mapped to a basic IIS website and ending up at an IP running a java tomcat instance - sharepoint is not involved in the traffic at all, so I am unsure of the applicability of the Back to the failed request tracing issue. The following configuration sample shows a Web site that has enabled logging for failed request tracing, and ten log files that will be kept as history. By default, this is W3SVC1.