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4.1 Filesystem Layout for Logs

Please consider following layout of the log directory:

  /var/zxid/
   |
   +-- zxid.conf  Main configuration file
   +-- pem/       Our certificates
   +-- cot/       Metadata of CoT partners (metadata cache)
   +-- ses/       Sessions
   `-- log/       Log files, pid files, and the like
        |
        +-- issue/
        |    |
        |    +-- SHA1NAME/   Evidence given to an entity ID is kept in this directory
        |    |    |
        |    |    +-- a7n/   Assertions issued to the given 3rd party, named by AssertionID
        |    |    `-- msg/   Messages of any type issued to the given 3rd party, named by MessageID
        |   ...   
        |    `-- SHA1NAME2/  Evidence relating to another entity ID
        |
        +-- rely/
        |    |
        |    +-- SHA1NAME/   Evidence relating to given entity ID is kept in this directory
        |    |    |
        |    |    +-- a7n/   Assertions from 3rd parties, named by AssertionID
        |    |    `-- msg/   Messages of any type from 3rd parties, named by MessageID
        |   ...   
        |    `-- SHA1NAME2/  Evidence relating to another entity ID
        |
        +-- tmp/             Subdirectory used for atomic operations à la Maildir
        +-- act              Global activity log
        +-- err              Global error log
        `-- debug            Global debugging log

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