log Element for system.applicationHost [IIS Settings Schema]

Note

For more information about the log element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Log <log>.

Specifies the logging mode for a server.

Syntax

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.

centralLogFileMode

Optional enum attribute.

Specifies the central logging mode for the server.

The centralLogFileMode attribute can be one of the following possible values.

The default is Site.

Value	Description
Site	Configures all sites to use site logging instead of central logging. This is the default setting. The numerical value is 0.
CentralBinary	Creates one log file for all Web sites on a Web server. The data in the log file is binary-based, unformatted data that is not customizable. The numerical value is 1.
CentralW3C	Logs requests for all sites on a Web server to a single central log file in a text-based, customizable ASCII format. The numerical value is 2.

logInUTF8

Optional Boolean attribute.

Specifies whether IIS should log all strings in UCS Transformation Format 8 (UTF-8). This setting applies to all text-mode logging server-wide.

The default value is true.

Element	Description
centralBinaryLogFile	Optional element. Specifies the central binary log settings for all sites on a server.
centralW3CLogFile	Optional element. Specifies the central W3C log settings for all sites on a server.

centralBinaryLogFile

Optional element.

Specifies the central binary log settings for all sites on a server.

centralW3CLogFile

Optional element.

Specifies the central W3C log settings for all sites on a server.

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7.
system.applicationHost	Specifies the root element for configuring Web process settings.

For more information about the log element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Log <log>.

Configuration locations

Machine.config

ApplicationHost.config

Requirements

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0