Any screenshots would be highly appreciated. I'm currently using Elasticsearch to store all my logs and Kibana for search. I was wondering how this tool will help more.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Nicolas HAHN <ha...@erios.org> wrote: > Dear Postfix Community, > > I'm writing for the first time there but working in the area of SMTP > messaging since a long time. With Postfix, that I really love. > > The goal of my e-mail today is just to let you know that I'm working since > some time on my open source GPLv3 project dedicated to *real time*postfix log > analysis, but not only log analysis. > > This project need several components to work fine, primarily a Linux > server running Apache, Php, Rsyslog, postgreSQL 9.2, SNMPD, ... A lot of > things are described in the INSTALL file. > > If you are interested by such project, you can find it on Sourceforge > there: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/x-itools/files/X-Itools%20releases/E-mail%20Log%20Search%20Engine/ > > > The archive I just uploaded this morning deal with Postfix version >=2.8.x > logs. > > This tool is used in the United Nations datacenters, for Messaging > Services, where I'm currently working as a messaging architect consultant. > Depending of the processing power of the server, it is able to work with a > mail flow of 1 million e-mails a day in real time. The version deployed in > the UN also process Exchange servers logs in real time. The version I've > packaged on sourceforge is a little bit in late (I need time to commit all > my code) and is able to process Postfix logs only as of today. > Some (and me too :-)) say it is much more powerfull than what Postini from > Google is offering, especially if we consider it is working in real time. > > Version available on sourceforge in the tar.gz archive is 0.9.10. > Version starting to process Exchange Servers logs is 0.9.11. It is > comming... > > Also, I kept my tool "secret" since 2004 despite the fact I decided to > make it under GPL, using it for my own needs as a small provider myself. I > decided to publish it on sourceforge in 2011, when UN shown a big interest > in it, and then I restarted the development. It means the Wiki is empty, > the doc is enclosed in my brain, ... and all of this needs to be publicly > available. that will take time... > > So, if you're interested, I can answer questions and provide help. It can > be quite complex to install because of the dependencies needed. > This project also need, as you may know, volunteers and talents, people to > debug, ... I'm not the most talented coder of the world of course :) PHP > code I produce as a PHP newbie for example, could be greatly enhanced, > secured, and so on. I'm learning PHP the same time I'm coding this tool and > it's not easy as I'm an old school C/C++ coder. > > In brief, a continuous effort is needed as usual. > > *NOTE: I've removed the attached screenshot because e-mail size is > limited to 40000 characters.* > > Thanks for your attention > > Best regards, > Nicolas > -- Regards, Abhijeet Rastogi (shadyabhi) http://blog.abhijeetr.com
