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How to collect logs related to file sources

Last updated on 16 December 2021

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Connections to External File Sources (Integrated)

Overview

In case you have issues with external file sources, there are specific logs that can be enabled to provide more information about the issue.

Solution

You can enable logs with these server-side registry settings:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Motive\M-Files\<version>\Server\MFServer\Logging]

"Enabled"=dword:00000001

"EnableVerboseLogging"=dword:00000001

"LogDir"="%TEMP%\MFilesLogs"

"FlushIntervalInSeconds"=dword:0000000a

"LogCategories"=dword:00000004

By default, the location of log files is %TEMP%\MFilesLogs. (In test environment: C:\Windows\Temp\MFilesLogs)

Enabled and EnableVerboseLogging are set to 0 by default. To enable logging, change the values to 1. There is no need to restart M-Files Server service.

Please repeat the issue with the registry keys set and send those logs to M-Files Support by following these instructions: /article/How-to-Send-Files-via-CryptShare-Portal

After the needed logs are gathered, these registry keys should be set back to default values.

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