Using this service is as easy as typing pyhon bot.py | /shared/logeater mybot
given that a bot is sending out log to stdout it will be stored at http://tools.wmflabs.org/logs/data/mybot The service of course support many other ways to store logs, but this is a simplest example I can think of :) On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Petr Bena <benap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > per https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48846 we are > setting up a logging service for tools and bots, so that every tool or > bot can easily log to a central logging base which in future should > support some nice web-based gui with log filtering (eventually some > 3rd notifications, like e-mails (sms) / irc pings) and so on. > > The website of this project is here: http://tools.wmflabs.org/logs/ > > I haven't got much feedback so far so I would appreciate some, in this > moment we are in phase where we are discussing the best options how to > design this feature. > > Some people believe that it would be best to use some already existing > logging service such as facebook's scribe, I /think/ that despite the > already made and working solution might be a good idea, on other hand > these usually were designed for another purpose than what we need and > thus it's quite complicated to set them up for our needs. Having said > that I started working on simple, but powerful logging daemon which > should do precisely what we need (and which can be infinitely extended > for our purposes) - but of course we can set up multiple solutions and > let tool operators pick what they prefer most. > > If it's simpler for a tool / bot operator to intergrate with syslog, > then why we shouldn't have it as well? But I must admit I found it > quite complicated to make rsyslog behave as we need (I believe it's > not even possible for it to match all out potential needs) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l