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mod_log_ringbuffer: New module to send logs to an in-memory ringbuffer
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4 summary: 'Log to in-memory ringbuffer'
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 Sometimes debug logs are too verbose for continuous logging to disk. However
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11 occasionally you may be interested in the debug logs when a certain event occurs.
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13 This module allows you to store all logs in a fixed-size buffer in Prosody's memory,
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14 and dump them to a file whenever you want.
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16 # Configuration
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18 First of all, you need to load the module by adding it to your global `modules_enabled`:
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20 ``` {.lua}
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21 modules_enabled = {
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23 "log_ringbuffer";
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25 }
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26 ```
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28 By default the module will do nothing - you need to configure a log sink, using Prosody's
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29 usual [logging configuration](https://prosody.im/doc/advanced_logging).
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31 ``` {.lua}
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32 log = {
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33 -- Log errors to a file
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34 error = "/var/log/prosody/prosody.err";
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36 -- Log debug and higher to a 2MB buffer
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37 { level = "debug", to = "ringbuffer", size = 1024*1024*2, filename = "debug-logs-{pid}-{count}.log", signal = "SIGUSR2" };
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38 }
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39 ```
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41 The possible fields of the logging config entry are:
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44 : Set this to `"ringbuffer"`.
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46 `level`
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49 `size`
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51 old data will be overwritten by new data.
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53 `filename`
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57 Only one of the following triggers may be specified:
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59 `signal`
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60 : A signal that will cause the buffer to be dumped, e.g. `"SIGUSR2"`.
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61 Do not use any signal that is used by any other Prosody module, to
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62 avoid conflicts.
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64 `event`
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66 the logs to be dumped, e.g. `"config-reloaded"`.
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68 ## Filename variables
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70 `pid`
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75 the current process.
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78 : The unix timestamp at which the dump is made. It can be formatted
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79 to human-readable local time using `{time|yyyymmdd}` and `{time|hhmmss}`.
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81 `paths`
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83 for the path to Prosody's data directory.
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85 The filename does not have to be unique for every dump - if a file with the same
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88 # Compatibility
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90 0.11 and later.