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title: Entries in the Event Log
slug: ps/help/en_us/vwaf/ag/entries-in-the-event-log
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createdAt: 2026-08-02T10:05:41.607Z
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This reference lists and explains all possible messages of the Default Error Log. For a description of the general syntax of these log file entries, and for a description on how to view and filter these log files, please refer to[Default Error Log](docId\:gS-A-FCs9WyR7l1bCCw1N).
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For more information regarding monitoring and log files, see[Monitoring Attacks, Statistics, Log Files, Reports](docId:1NE-_LwJkIvGOrOiLMowI).
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| Messages | Cause |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Messages regarding individual cluster nodes** | |
| cluster node `IP:Port` running | Slave that went on line. |
| the following nodes are offline: `IP:Por``t` | List of slaves that went off line. |
| **Messages relating to specific Event Destinations** | |
| Error: Event could not be written to `logfile` . Please check permissions. | The Event Handler was unable to write to the file that you've specified in the attribute log-file. Either the current read/write permissions don't allow to write to this file, or the path doesn't exist, or another writing error has occurred.
See: [Logfile Event Destination](docId\:ZcHYIDgatq3f0JiAhkx9C) |
| Warning: PostEventDestination activated, but no `send_to_URI `set. | The Event Handler was unable to send an HTTP POST request because you didn't specify any URI (attribute send-to-URI).
See: [Post Event Destination](docId\:L4Yq-PBUcIW9ObL9YiY16) |
| Error while sending event email. Please check your settings. | The Event Handler was unable to send an email to one or more of the recipients specified by the attribute mail-to.
See: [Mail Event Destination](docId\:NJhbzKju-KWIUJHiw6NYI) |
| **Messages triggered by the configured Event Sources**
The following are the default texts. If you've modified these texts while configuring the Event Sources, your specific texts appear here instead. | |
| The following node is offline: The following nodes are back online: | See: [C](docId\:g0S78MxVlUVMT5Krpyr-2)[luster State Event Source](docId\:g0S78MxVlUVMT5Krpyr-2) |
| Denied requests per minute on the following nodes are over the configured limit: Denied requests per minute on the following nodes are under the configured limit: | See: [Den](docId\:y635lgN0nFG_Nwny5Z1jw)[ied Requests Per Minute Event Source](docId\:y635lgN0nFG_Nwny5Z1jw) |
| Denied requests per minute on the following applications are over the configured limit: Denied requests per minute on the following applications are under the configured limit: | See: [Denied Requests Per Minute Per Application Event Source](docId\:YYKuikLUdUJuikVDuflrM) |
| Created sessions per minute for the following applications are over the configured limit: Created sessions per minute for the following applications are under the configured limit: | See: [Denied Requests Per Minute Per Application Event Source](docId\:YYKuikLUdUJuikVDuflrM) |
| Requests per minute on the following nodes are over the configured limit: Requests per minute on the following nodes are under the configured limit: | See: [Requests Per Minute Event Source](docId\:ES5ySOhW6lYM16qFlC8xC) |
| Requests per minute on the following applications are over the configured limit: Requests per minute on the following applications are under the configured limit: | See: [Requests Per Minute Per Application Event Source](docId:2HGyra4W-sGNZHXQQ1126) |