Subj : Re: Monitoring BBS logs
To   : Accession
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Jan 26 2024 03:33 pm

-=> Accession wrote to Gamgee <=-

 G> Wondering what you all do/use for monitoring logs on your boards,
 G> specifically those running under Linux.

 Ac> $ journalctl -f

 Ac> If I remember right, you're not using systemd. Not sure how much
 Ac> you know about it, but Synchronet can log everything to
 Ac> journalctl. I can basically have one terminal open and "-f =
 Ac> follow" to watch every service at once, and are
 Ac> specified/separated with "term, web, ftp, srvc, evnt, etc."
 Ac> Albeit a lot less colorful than the screenshots I just looked at
 Ac> of this lnav you speak of. But the logging itself looks kind of
 Ac> similar.

Yes, I don't have jouralctl/systemd here; running Slackware.  I do have 
everything logging to /var/log/sbbs.log and it's "human-readable" and 
not too bad to watch.

 G> Has anyone used the 'lnav' utility to watch logs?+  It's pretty slick, has
 G> LOTS of options, and I like the use of colors in logs to help things "jump
 G> out" at you.+  If anyone is using this, and has taken the time to customize
 G> the look/feel of how it displays, would you comment on how you're using
 G> it, and would you maybe be willing to share your custom config that I
 G> could use as a starting point to learn how it's done?

 Ac> I haven't, nor have I heard of it until you mentioned it. Looks
 Ac> interesting, though. I might have to take a look-see just for the
 Ac> hell of it! ;)

It seems like a pretty cool utility to me.  Basic operation is simple 
enough, but there are a LOT of configs/tweaks that can be made.  I think 
I'm gonna start using it and climb up the learning curve slowly.  
Interested to hear if you like it, or what.  Thanks.



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