Thanks, Jacques, I'll try out some changes in the Apache HTTP Server configuration to make demo-site logs accessible without using OFBiz to retrieve them.
On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 at 08:09, Jacques Le Roux <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > About the logs in Webtools it's also limited to "OFBiz logs". > I mean you can't see the access_logs. They are sometime very useful too. > > So yes I agree this would be something we could do. > > Jacques > > Le 29/02/2024 à 16:15, Daniel Watford a écrit : > > Hello, > > > > I was just checking the demo-stable logs - accessible on ofbiz-vm1 at > > /home/ofbizdocker/demo-stable/logs - and found plenty of interesting > stack > > traces that would be good candidates for investigation. > > > > Given that the demo sites use well known administrator passwords and > should > > not contain any sensitive information, how would the project's members > feel > > about making these logs automatically accessible to any interested > parties? > > > > If it is deemed appropriate to make the logs publicly accessible, we then > > need to figure out how we could technically do so. > > > > One approach I can think of is to add some Alias directives ( > > https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_alias.html#alias) to the > > Apache HTTP Server configuration to map relevant paths to the logs > > directory of each demo site. For example, to the demo-trunk <VirtualHost> > > configuration, we could add: > > > > Alias "/logs" "/home/ofbizdocker/demo-trunk/logs" > > > > Similarly, to the demo-stable <VirtualHost> configuration we would add: > > > > Alias "/logs" "/home/ofbizdocker/demo-stable/logs" > > > > We would then configure directory listings in Apache HTTP Server for > those > > log directory locations allowing access via a web browser. > > > > There is some pre-existing functionality in Web Tools to access logs, but > > it does require interaction through the OFBiz UI. The ability to retrieve > > demo-site logs via an unauthenticated HTTP(S) get request might offer > some > > opportunities to automatically scan for a particular class of error and > > might make it easier for ofbiz developers to check on the demo logs from > > time to time. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dan. > > > -- Daniel Watford
