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misc/mtail: Start of an mtail config
Stashing it here in case anyone wants to continue working on it.
Currently it's only counting log messages by level.
Due to the permissions set by systemd on Prosody logs, mtail never
managed to start correctly until permissions were manually relaxed.
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3 - 'Stage-Beta' |
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4 summary: 'Log/archive all user messages' |
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7 Introduction |
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8 ============ |
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10 Often service administrators need to log their users' messages for |
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11 reasons such as auditing and compliance. This module simply logs user |
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12 messages to simple text files, which can be easily searched, archived or |
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13 removed on a regular basis. |
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15 Usage |
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16 ===== |
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18 Simply load the module and it will start logging. Reloading Prosody |
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19 (e.g. with a SIGHUP) will cause it to close any open logs (and re-open |
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20 them if necessary). |
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22 Configuration |
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23 ============= |
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25 Option name Description |
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27 message\_logging\_dir The directory to save message logs in. Default is to create a 'message\_logs' subdirectory inside the data directory. |
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29 Compatibility |
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33 0.9 Works |
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