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Logging on Windows

The Output Engine log data is administrated and visualized by means of SEAL Elastic Stack.

Display the Log Data of PLOSSYS Output Engine via Kibana

The log data of PLOSSYS Output Engine can be displayed and evaluated via the Kibana user interface.

For how to open the Kibana user interface, refer to the SEAL Elastic Stack.

Set the Log Level

For setting the log level for all services of PLOSSYS Output Engine 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 Data

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

  • AUDIT_LOG: Logging of audit data

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

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

Log the Job Metadata

For logging all job properties, the following key has to be set for the seal-ipp-checkin or the seal-ipp-checkin service:

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 Output Engine and Infrastructure Services

The log files of the Output Engine and 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 Output Engine as Windows services. The messages of NSSM are written to the Windows Event Log.

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