{"id":40188,"date":"2019-12-03T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s.b\/oikcom\/?page_id=34757"},"modified":"2020-12-01T16:26:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:26:30","slug":"getting-started-with-oik-bwtrace-v3-0-0","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wordpress-plugins-from-oik-plugins\/free-oik-plugins\/oik-trace-plugin\/getting-started-with-oik-bwtrace-v3-0-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting started with oik-bwtrace v3.0.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>oik-bwtrace v3.0.0 writes trace files to a directory you specify. Follow these steps to enable tracing.  Note: Until you&#8217;ve specified a valid directory name it won&#8217;t produce any trace output.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-how-to wp-block-yoast-how-to-block\"><p class=\"schema-how-to-description\">Steps to enable tracing<\/p> <ol class=\"schema-how-to-steps\"><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575365539276\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Install and activate oik-bwtrace<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Install and activate oik-bwtrace using standard methods<\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575365652210\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">View Settings > oik trace options<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Choose the Settings > oik trace options menu item to display the trace options page.  The first section to complete is Trace files.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-files-box-initial.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-files-box-initial.jpg 613w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-files-box-initial-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-files-box-initial-336x125.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575365723228\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Enter the directory where trace files should be written<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">e.g. <code>\/home\/cwiccer\/bwtrace<\/code> or <code>C:\/apache\/htdocs\/wordpress\/bwtrace<\/code><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575366845173\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Set the Retention period in days<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">This value is used in subsequent steps. <strong>Note:<\/strong> Purging of trace files is not performed automatically.<\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575367300743\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Save changes<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Click on the Save changes button. <br\/>This action may create the Trace files directory.  <\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575367606462\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Complete the Options box &#8211; requests sections<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Complete the sections for the transaction types you want to trace.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-requests-sections-initial.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-requests-sections-initial.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-requests-sections-initial-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-requests-sections-initial-103x125.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575367754144\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Complete the Options box &#8211; Trace records<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">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.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-records-initial.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-records-initial.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-records-initial-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-records-initial-210x125.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575368616783\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Save changes<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Click on the Save changes button in this box to save your changes.<\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575368762010\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Daily Trace Summary<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Select the <code>Log transactions to daily trace summary file<\/code> checkbox to instruct oik-bwtrace to log all of the transactions handled by WordPress in a summary file.<br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-daily-trace-summary-initial.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-daily-trace-summary-initial.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-daily-trace-summary-initial-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-daily-trace-summary-initial-386x123.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575369137385\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Save changes<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Click on the Save changes button in this box to save your changes.<\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575369360090\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Check it&#8217;s working<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">If you&#8217;ve selected tracing of General browser requests the Trace files section should now show a summary of the trace files generated.<br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-files-summary-dialog.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-files-summary-dialog.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-files-summary-dialog-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/oik-bwtrace-trace-options-trace-files-summary-dialog-110x125.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1575370894877\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Now view the generated trace file(s)<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">See Viewing trace files.<\/p> <\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wordpress-plugins-from-oik-plugins\/free-oik-plugins\/oik-trace-plugin\/settings-oik-trace-options\/trace-files\/\">Trace files<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wordpress-plugins-from-oik-plugins\/free-oik-plugins\/oik-trace-plugin\/settings-oik-trace-options\/options\/\">Trace options &#8211; requests sections<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wordpress-plugins-from-oik-plugins\/free-oik-plugins\/oik-trace-plugin\/settings-oik-trace-options\/trace-options-trace-records\/\">Trace options &#8211; Trace records<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wordpress-plugins-from-oik-plugins\/free-oik-plugins\/oik-trace-plugin\/daily-trace-summary-report-bwtrace-vt-mmdd\/\">Daily Trace Summary<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wordpress-plugins-from-oik-plugins\/free-oik-plugins\/oik-trace-plugin\/viewing-trace-files\/\">Viewing trace files<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>oik-bwtrace v3.0.0 writes trace files to a directory you specify. 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