It is very critical to safeguard the configuration data to reconstruct the system from unexpected system crashes. It is also good practice to periodically backup the system for archival and audit purposes. We have discussed more than one option to perform the backup and recovery process. OpenSSO provide two major types of logging to capture the system and user events for auditing purposes. One can use RDBMS or a simple file-based logging, for improved security. Secure logging can be employed to prevent the intrusions and unauthorized tampering of audit log files.

In the next chapter, we will be dealing more with the debug or trace level logging in detail. The diagnostic tool is introduced as a part of the OpenSSO ZIP file that can be configured on the Glassfish server. There are many troubleshooting tips provided in the next chapter that will help you to fix your server, in case you are stuck at some point.