---
title: "Forwarding Logs to the Portal"
slug: "forwarding-logs-to-the-portal-1-1"
tags: ["Edge Filer", "Gateway", "Filer", "7.13"]
updated: 2026-05-18T12:17:31Z
published: 2026-05-18T12:17:31Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/forwarding-logs-to-the-portal-1-1"
---

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# Forwarding Logs to the Portal

Log forwarding forwards logs from the edge filer to the portal.

Log forwarding **must** be enabled to forward audit logs to the portal for services that require logs from the edge filer: The Edge Filer Syslog service, CTERA Insight, and the Varonis service. After the service is defined in the portal you can enable log forwarding for some edge filers and not for others.

**To enable forwarding audit logs to the portal:**

1. In the **Configuration** view, select **Logs > Log Forwarding** in the navigation pane.  

The **Log Forwarding** page is displayed.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-IB8ZWCZT.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T17%3A50%3A29Z&se=2026-11-07T18%3A50%3A29Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=C6E%2FmWJEnNtUv2e42ZeAO55Cbd5GaWdnzUMJNrrYM6M%3D)
2. Click **Enable Log Forwarding**.  

Log forwarding is enabled.

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-B43XT7NY.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T17%3A50%3A29Z&se=2026-11-07T18%3A50%3A29Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=C6E%2FmWJEnNtUv2e42ZeAO55Cbd5GaWdnzUMJNrrYM6M%3D)

**Note**

Log forwarding is disabled by default for all portal services that require log forwarding and must be enabled for every edge filer that has audit logs that you want forwarding to the portal.