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6 epylog.conf - epylog configuration
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10 epylog config file is a simple plaintext file in win.ini style format.
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14 Epylog will look in /etc/epylog/epylog.conf by default, but you can
15 override that by passing -c switch on the command line.
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19 cfgdir This is where epylog should look for other configuration infor‐
20 mation, most notably, modules.d directory. See epylog-modules(5)
21 for more info.
22 tmpdir Where to create temporary directories and put temporary files.
24 Note that log files can grow VERY big and epylog might create
25 several copies of them for processing purposes. Make sure there
26 is no danger of filling up that partition. A good place on a
27 designated loghost is /var/tmp, since that is usually a separate
28 partition dedicated entirely for logs.
29 vardir Where epylog should save its state data, namely the offsets.xml
31 file. The sanest place for this is /var/lib/epylog.
32 multimatch
34 By default, if a line is matched against a module, no other mod‐
35 ules will be tried. This helps speed things up tremendously.
36 However, you may have several modules that process the same
37 lines (although this is not a very good setup). In that case you
38 may set this to "yes". The default value is "no".
39 threads
41 How many processing threads to start. 50 is a good default
42 value, but you may set it to less or more, depending on your
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47 title What should be the title of the report. For mailed reports, this
48 is the subject of the message. For the ones published on the
49 web, this is the title of the page (as in <title></title>).
50 template
52 Which html template should be used for the final report. See the
53 source of the default template for the format used.
54 include_unparsed
56 Can be either "yes" or "no". If "no" is specified, strings that
57 didn't match any of the modules will not be appended to the
58 report. Not very wise! A good setting is "yes".
59 publishers
61 Lists the publishers to use. The value is the name of the sec‐
62 tion where to look for the publisher configuration. E.g.:
63 publishers = nfspub
64 will look for a section called "[nfspub]" for publisher initial‐
65 ization. The name of the publisher has nothing to do with the
66 method it uses for publishing. The fact that the default are
67 named [file] and [mail] is only a matter of convenience. List
68 multiple values separated by a comma.
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72 method Method must be set to "mail" for this publisher to be considered
73 a mail publisher.
74 smtpserv
76 Can be either a hostname of an SMTP server to use, or the loca‐
77 tion of a sendmail binary. If the value starts with a "/" it
78 will be considered a path. E.g. valid entries:
79 smtpserv = mail.example.com
80 smtpserv = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
81 mailto The list of email addresses where to mail the report. Separate
83 multiple entries by a comma. If ommitted, "root@localhost" will
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85 format Can be one of the following: html, plain, or both. If you use a
87 mail client that doesn't support html mail, then you better use
88 "plain" or "both", though you will miss out on visual cueing
89 that epylog uses to notify of important events.
90 lynx This is only useful if you use format other than "html". Epylog
92 will use a lynx-compliant tool to transform HTML into plain
93 text. The following browsers are known to work: lynx, elinks,
94 w3m.
95 include_rawlogs
97 Whether to include the gzipped raw logs with the message. If set
98 to "yes", it will attach the file with all processed logs with
99 the message. If you use a file publisher in addition to the mail
100 publisher, this may be a tad too paranoid.
101 rawlogs_limit
103 If the size of rawlogs.gz is more than this setting (in kilo‐
104 bytes), then raw logs will not be attached. Useful if you have a
105 50Mb log and check your mail over a slow uplink.
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109 method Method must be set to "file" for this config to work as a file
110 publisher.
111 path Where to place the directories with reports. A sensible location
113 would be in /var/www/html/epylog. Note that the reports may con‐
114 tain sensitive information, so make sure you place a .htaccess
115 in that directory and require a password, or limit by host.
116 dirmask, filemask
118 These are the masks to be used for the created directories and
119 files. For format values look at strftime documentation here:
120 http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html
121 expire_in
123 A digit specifying the number of days after which the old direc‐
124 tories should be removed. Default is 7.
125 notify Optionally send notifications to these email addresses when new
127 reports become available. Comment out if no notification is
128 desired. This is definitely redundant if you also use the mail
129 publisher.
130 smtpserv
132 Use this smtp server when sending notifications. Can be either a
133 hostname or a path to sendmail. Defaults to "/usr/sbin/sendmail
134 -t".
135 pubroot
137 When generating a notification message, use this as publication
138 root to make a link. E.g.:
139 pubroot = http://www.example.com/epylog
140 will make a link: http://www.example.com/epylog/dirname/file‐
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145 Lines starting with "#" will be considered commented out.
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149 Konstantin Ryabitsev <icon@linux.duke.edu>
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153 epylog(3), epylog(8), epylog-modules(5)
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