Getting started with oik-bwtrace v3.0.0

Steps to enable tracing

1. Install and activate oik-bwtrace

   Install and activate oik-bwtrace using standard methods

2. View Settings > oik trace options

   Choose the Settings > oik trace options menu item to display the trace options page. The first section to complete is Trace files.

3. Enter the directory where trace files should be written

   e.g. /home/cwiccer/bwtrace or C:/apache/htdocs/wordpress/bwtrace

4. Set the Retention period in days

   This value is used in subsequent steps. Note: Purging of trace files is not performed automatically.

5. Save changes

   Click on the Save changes button.
   This action may create the Trace files directory.

6. Complete the Options box – requests sections

   Complete the sections for the transaction types you want to trace.

7. Complete the Options box – Trace records

   Select the Trace level from the dropdown. Select the information you want logged to each trace record. Optionally select a specific IP address whose requests you want to trace.

8. Save changes

   Click on the Save changes button in this box to save your changes.

9. Daily Trace Summary

   Select the Log transactions to daily trace summary file checkbox to instruct oik-bwtrace to log all of the transactions handled by WordPress in a summary file.
   

10. Save changes

    Click on the Save changes button in this box to save your changes.

11. Check it’s working

    If you’ve selected tracing of General browser requests the Trace files section should now show a summary of the trace files generated.
    

12. Now view the generated trace file(s)

    See Viewing trace files.