Use this article to find the locations, available actions, and contents captured in the various logs for ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú services across operating systems.
Windows
Active Directory Integration
- AD Import Location: C:\Windows\temp\ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú_AD_Integration.log
- AD Sync Location:
- Note: Log names & locations vary depending on the version of AD Sync in use.
- Version 4.3.1 and older: C:\Program Files\ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú\AD Sync\adsync.log
- Version 4.3.2 and newer: C:\Program Files\ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú\AD Integration\ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú AD Sync\ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú_AD_Sync.log
- Note: Log names & locations vary depending on the version of AD Sync in use.
- To enable DEBUG, see Enable Debug Logging for the Active Directory Integration.
Device Agent
The device Agent log includes details on all agent-driven, device-wide actions (user management, device connection maintenance with the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú service, command execution, Agent upgrades, and policy deployment, for example).
- Location: C:\Windows\Temp\jcagent.log
- To enable DEBUG, see Set the Log Level to Debug.
Password Manager & Browser Extension
Retrieve user-centric logs for the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Password Manager service and application:
- Location: %appdata%\ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Password Manager\data\daemon\log\
For the browser extension:
- In the top-right corner, click the three dots (More) menu, then click Settings.
- Click the Logs tab, then click Download Logs.
Remote Assist
Retrieve user-centric, per-day session logs for the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Remote Assist service and client:
- Location: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú-Remote-Assist\logs\{{YYYY-MM-DD}}.log
Windows MDM
Retrieve MDM application install logs:
- Location: C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\mdm
macOS
Device Agent
The device Agent log includes detail on all agent-driven, device-wide actions (user management, device connection maintenance with the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú service, command execution, Agent upgrades, and non-MDM-driven policy deployment, for example.)
- Location: /var/log/jcagent.log
- Both pre- and post-installation logs are located within the /var/log/ directory. These files are especially useful when troubleshooting installation problems when attempting to script a silent installation from a third-party management service.
- To enable DEBUG, see Set the Log Level to Debug.
ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Go
ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Go is located in the unified system logs on macOS. To surface these, use the macOS command line to filter. For example:
sudo log stream --level debug --predicate 'subsystem contains "jumpcloud"'
ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Menu Bar App
Most frequently referenced for user password confirmations and updates.
- Location: ~/Library/Logs/ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú/com.jumpcloud.jcagent-tray {{YYYY-MM-DD}}--##-##...log
Filter out the application launch entries to more easily surface password events:
grep -i password Library/Logs/ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú/com.jumpcloud.jcagent-tray*
Password Manager
Retrieve user-centric logs for the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Password Manager service and application:
- Location: ~/Library/Logs/ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Password Manager/logs-live.log
For the browser extension:
- In the top-right corner, click the three dots (More) menu, then click Settings.
- Click the Logs tab, then click Download Logs.
Patch Management
The jc_notifications.log file contains telemetry and logic driving the Nudge application notifications and is helpful for troubleshooting.
- Location: /private/var/log/jc_notifications.log
To retrieve a list of available and deferred updates for the current device (deferred updates are hidden from the Software Update preference pane):
softwareupdate --list
defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate
To display what Nudge sees as an available update:
defaults read com.github.macadmins.Nudge.plist
sudo cat /Library/Preferences/com.jumpcloud.Nudge.json
Remote Assist
Retrieve user-centric, per-day session logs for the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Remote Assist service and client:
- Session logs Location: ~/Library/Logs/ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Remote Assist/
- Note: root sessions are recorded in /var/root/Library/Logs/ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Remote Assist/
User Agent
The user session agent includes detail for device trust keychain deployment and approved application list.
- Location: ~/Library/Logs/ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú/jc-user-agent.log
Enabling debug will expose successful and unsuccessful application list updates:
echo "DEBUG" > /opt/jc_user_ro/loglevel.cache
Linux
Device Agent
The device Agent log includes details on all agent-driven, device-wide actions (user management, device connection maintenance with the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú service, command execution, Agent upgrades, and policy deployment, for example).
- Location: /var/log/jcagent.log
To enable debug/trace:
echo "DEBUG" > /opt/jc/loglevel.cache
To restart the Agent (required) after adjusting the log verbosity:
service jcagent restart
Password Manager
Retrieve user-centric logs for the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Password Manager service and application:
- Location: ~/.config/ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Password Manager/data/daemon/log/
Remote Assist
Retrieve user-centric, per-day session logs for the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Remote Assist service and client:
- Location: ~/.config/ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú-Remote-Assist/logs/jc-assist_{{YYYY-MM-DD}}.log