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title: "Enabling W3C Logging"
slug: "enabling-w3c-logging"
description: "Learn how W3C logging records HTTP requests and responses between the server and client, including URL activity in a single log file."
tags: ["W3C", "Logging Settings", "Logging"]
updated: 2026-04-27T20:46:54Z
published: 2026-04-28T14:13:01Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/enabling-w3c-logging"
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# Enabling W3C Logging

## Overview

W3C logging records HTTP requests and responses to/from the server. This tracks URL groups interacting with the server all within a single log file.

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## W3C System Settings

To enable W3C logging, run the installer as an Administrator and edit the following settings in the [settings.xml](/version-10/docs/system-settings-overview-settings-xml).![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1654804825981.png)

| **Required Settings** |
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| W3C Setting | Recommended Value | Description |
|  | **CaptureAspNetLogs** | True | Toggles capturing HTTP requests and responses in a log file with the prefix "w3clog". |
|  | **CaptureW3CLogs** | True | Toggles capturing W3C logs in the log file. |
| **Optional Settings** |
|  | **AspNetLogsFileCountLimit** | default | Prompts for maximum number of ASP NET logs to store. Newer logs will override the oldest logs. |
|  | **AspNetLogsFileSizeLimit** | default | Prompts for the maximum size of an ASP NET log file. If a log exceeds this size, it then rolls over into a new file. |

Once enabled, the generated logs are stored in the **/Decisions/Logs/webserverlogs.** **![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1654804363124.png)**

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