How can we setup our log files to be written in a database?
Question:
How can we setup our log files to be written in to a database ?
Answer:
Starting with release 1.7 JobScheduler requires a database, see
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JobScheduler writes log files to the database for which a connection is configured with the This is automatically done by JobScheduler, if you configure a database connection in ./config/factory.ini
JobScheduler creates protocols file. This includes logs for tasks and orders, have a look at the detailed explanation. of log files.see log file documentation.
Settings in the To name a few settings in ./config/factory.ini
file include:
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; enable job history, if set to yes the
; scheduler keeps a job history in
; csv files or database tables
history = yes
; store job protocol for task history
; (yes|no|gzip, default: no)
history_with_log = gzip
; store job protocol for order history
; (yes|no|gzip, default: no)
order_history_with_log = gzip
; store protocol for scheduler history
; (yes|no|gzip, default: no)
history_archive = gzip |
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This examples specifies protocols logs to be stored in blob columns of the database in a gzip format, for a complete list of settings see the factory.ini reference documentation. Both the JobScheduler Operations Center (JOC) web interface and the JobScheduler Information Dashboard (JID) allow to retrieve the job history and to be searched and display log file content to be shown. You can remove the log files from disk and keep them in the database.
We provide a set of standard jobs concerned with logging and cleanup that rotate logs, remove debug entries from logs in the database and gzip log files on disk. ... read more