Design

Key Components

• PROD Iguana: production Iguana that needs to archive long term logs

• Log Archive Iguana: Iguana that view archived logs

• Log Locker Files (Enterprise/Professional License ONLY): logs.locker and log.auto are used for decrypt Iguana logs for Enterprise and Professional Iguana License

• Iguana Log Files: daily generated Iguana logs for backup and restore

• Log Archive Repo: a shared drive that can store large long term Iguana logs

Considerations

• Leverage OS native file sync tools to auto backup and restore Iguana logs

  • Windows Robocopy: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy

  • Linux Rsync: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-rsync-for-local-and-remote-data-transfer-and-synchronization/

• It is recommend to restore partial logs into Log Archive Iguana instead of all logs. The larger logs files, the slower Iguana startup time and log search time.