The Validation Authority solution records logs in the following file.
/var/log/entrust/eva/evactl.logThese logs can be browsed:
- Using the Grafana console, as explained in Browsing log files with Grafana.
- Using an external SIEM server, as explained in Browsing logs with a SIEM.
See below for a reference of each log field.
See below for sample logs.
Successful OCSP request
{ "elapsed": "0.006900338", "level": "info", "msg": "SendRevocationStatusRequest.Done", "ocspcerts": [ { "issuer": "CN=example-ca, OU=certification-authorities, O=example", "serialnumber": "00000000f70bc13ad4a32da9a874f46f1cef24d9", "status": "good" } ], "request": { "host": "node00.example.com", "method": "POST", "remote-address": "172.21.2.203:45616", "url": "/", "user-agent": "Entrust Certificate Agent for Windows" }, "service": "ocspresponder", "time": "2026-05-04T10:13:49Z", "x-request-id": "dc6d6ecd-c644-46f0-b8c0-5001a135e923"}OCSP error
{ "elapsed": "0.000118358", "level": "error", "msg": "SendRevocationStatusRequest.BadRequest", "service": "ocspresponder", "time": "2026-05-08T08:05:37Z", "cause": { "msg": "ProcessOCSPRequestFailed", "cause": { "msg": "UnknownIssuerCAInCertStatusRequest" } }}Successful CA Gateway shim operation
{ "caid": "Issuing-CA", "elapsed": "30.02368", "importedbatchsize": "0", "level": "info", "msg": "ImportBatch.Done", "requestedbatchsize": "50", "service": "cagwshim", "time": "2026-07-12T22:41:18Z"}Successful status feeder operation
{ "caid": "Issuing-CA", "elapsed": "0.031844076", "endpoint": "cas", "level": "info", "msg": "ImportCertificateBatch.Done", "pagesize": "3", "request": { "host": "eva-statusfeeder:6572", "method": "POST", "url": "/cas/Issuing-CA/certs" }, "service": "statusfeeder", "time": "2026-05-04T09:11:58Z"}