Ashley Moran wrote: > Until recently I had a server running syslog-ng set to archive all logs into > server/year/month/day/ directories. Now the server is running in amd64, > we've lost our hi-res scrolling display so I want to look at a better log > watching system. > > I've read about logging to a database. I quite like the idea of storing our > logs in PostgreSQL (I don't like MySQL and don't want to get involved in > administering a second database). I know I can log to a PG database quite > easily, but I don't know how I can get the data back out without writing > manual queries. > > Here is what I need: > > - Logs stored for the last 6 months or so, and easily searchable > - Live log watching > - Log analysis > > I might try swatch for the live log watching as this is not affected by the > choice of log storage and seems the best tool for the job. > > As for searching / analysis, I've seen php-syslog-ng > ( http://www.vermeer.org/projects/php-syslog-ng ), which looks very basic, > and phpLogCon ( http://www.phplogcon.com/ ), which does not support PG > anyway. Is there anything better GUI-wise? > > Maybe I am best keeping the logs in text files for now, and spending more > time > on swatch. > > Any thoughts? > > Cheers > Ashley
http://www.loganalysis.org, and the related listserv might be well worth your time... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"