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Logging on Windows

The PLOSSYS 5 log files are administrated and visualized by means of Elastic Stack.

Display the Log Messages of PLOSSYS 5 via Kibana

The log messages of PLOSSYS 5 can be displayed and evaluated via the Kibana user interface.

For opening the Kibana user interface, enter the following URL into a Web browser:

http://<admin_server>:5601

Hint - search settings

Kibana does not save search settings, but the search settings are included in the URL. So, you can save the search settings as bookmarks.

Set the Log Level

For setting the log level for all services of PLOSSYS 5 or a specific one, the following key has to be set for any or for a specific service:

  • LOG_LEVEL: Log level for the correspondent service

Example - setting key via PLOSSYS CLI for all services

plossys config set LOG_LEVEL debug

Example - setting key via PLOSSYS CLI for the seal-rest service

plossys config set LOG_LEVEL debug --service seal-rest

For available values for the log level, refer to LOG_LEVEL.

Log Audit Messages

For specifying audit messages, the current configuration of the services for example, the following keys are available:

  • AUDIT_LOG: Logging of audit messages

  • AUDIT_LOG_USER: Logging of the user names in the audit messages

  • JWT_USERNAME: Property name set in the JSON Web Token (JWT) for accessing the user name

Show the Log File of a Specific Service

plossys log show <service_name>

Show the Log File of a Specific Job

plossys job logs <job_id>

Show the Temporary Files of a Specific Job

plossys job tempfiles <job_id>

Log Files

PLOSSYS 5 and Infrastructure Services

The log files of the PLOSSYS 5 and the infrastructure services such as MongoDB or Consul are located in the following directory:

C:\ProgramData\SEAL Systems\log

NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager)

The NSSM system program allows to run the Node.js applications of PLOSSYS 5 as Windows services. The messages of NSSM are written to the Windows Event Log.

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