Logging in StorageLink

TLDR

Purpose: Understand StorageLink log file locations for troubleshooting.

Log Files:

• /opt/swiftgw/log/application-*.log — Java application events and errors
• /opt/swiftgw/log/audit-*.log — User actions and authentication attempts
• /var/log/swiftgw/cloudinit.log — Server startup/first-launch issues

Retention: 30 days or 3 GB (whichever comes first) for application/audit logs

Note: Log filenames include the date (e.g., application-2025-01-14.log)

Product: StorageLink by Thorn Technologies — cloud storage gateway for secure file sharing

Overview

This article covers the various log files used by StorageLink.

Log file locations

These are the logs of interest when troubleshooting StorageLink:

/opt/swiftgw/log/application.log
/opt/swiftgw/log/audit.log
/var/log/swiftgw/cloudinit.log

info

The Application and Audit logs have the date included in their name.

The log files within /opt/swiftgw/log/ have a retention of 30 days, or 3 GB (whichever of these comes first).

And this is what these logs do:

• application.log: Java events and errors.
• audit.log: User actions and authentication.
• cloudinit.log: Server related issues that happen at first launch