Ron, I hereby appoint you the expert on Chainsaw interoperability ;)
I have tried to extract the important points from the list and put them together in the html page attached. (If nothing is attached then the list is dropping attachments again :( The real document is the xml version, that it used to generate the html page, I have not included the style sheet so the html doesn't look to great. Can you have a look at this and see if it makes sense; factually correct would be a good start. Cheers, Nicko > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Grabowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 April 2005 22:26 > To: Log4NET User > Subject: Re: Log4Net Viewer > > In this thread: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=111401309600006&r=1&w=2 > > on the log4j mailing list, Scott Deboy posted his Chainsaw: > > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/chainsaw.html > > config file that he uses to query a Sql Server database every > 3 seconds for new log entries. It doesn't matter how the data > got into the database (i.e. log4net, log4j, log4php, etc.). > > I use Chainsaw and log4net's UDPAppender to view logs from > remote machines as well as my own machine. > > Here is a link (I think this is the 4th time I've described > this process...can we add this to the log4net website Nicko?) > on how to set things up: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=log4net-user&m=110816680703194&w=4 > > - Ron > > --- Howard Weisberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What kind of Log4Net viewers are available either thru the > project or > > from other sources? > > > > Particularly useful would be a viewer that works with logs > kept in SQL > > Server. We'd like to avoid reinventing the wheel. > >Title: log4net - How To view logging events using Apache log4j Chainsaw
How To view logging events using Apache log4j ChainsawContentsApache log4j includes Chainsaw a graphical log viewer. Chainsaw can either receive and display log events in realtime over the network, or it can load a previously created log file. Logging via UDPlog4net can be configured to log messages via UDP in such a way that Chainsaw can receive and display them. log4net UDP ConfigurationConfigure log4net to use a UdpAppender with the following config snippet: <appender name="UdpAppender" type="log4net.Appender.UdpAppender"> <remoteAddress value="127.0.0.1" /> <remotePort value="8080" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.XmlLayoutSchemaLog4j"> <locationInfo value="true" /> </layout> </appender> Chainsaw UDP receiver Configuration
Chainsaw should be configured to start a <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" debug="true"> <plugin name="UDPReceiver" class="org.apache.log4j.net.UDPReceiver"> <param name="Port" value="8080" /> </plugin> </log4j:configuration> Logging to XML fileChainsaw can also load an XML log file if it is formatted according to the log4j schema. Use the following log4net config to output to file using the log4j schema: <appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender"> <file value="log-file.txt" /> <appendToFile value="true" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.XmlLayoutSchemaLog4j"> <locationInfo value="true" /> </layout> </appender> To load the file into Chainsaw drag the file into the Chainsaw app and drop it on the tab labeled Drag & Drop log files here.
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<author email="nicko at apache dot org">Nicko Cadell</author>
<title>How To view logging events using Apache log4j Chainsaw</title>
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<section name="How To view logging events using Apache log4j Chainsaw">
<sectionMenu name="Contents" />
<p>
Apache log4j includes <a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/chainsaw.html";>Chainsaw</a>
a graphical log viewer.
</p>
<p>
Chainsaw can either receive and display log events in realtime over
the network, or it can load a previously created log file.
</p>
<section name="Logging via UDP">
<p>
log4net can be configured to log messages via UDP in such a way that Chainsaw
can receive and display them.
</p>
<section name="log4net UDP Configuration">
<p>
Configure log4net to use a UdpAppender with the following config snippet:
</p>
<source language="xml"><![CDATA[
<appender name="UdpAppender" type="log4net.Appender.UdpAppender">
<remoteAddress value="127.0.0.1" />
<remotePort value="8080" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.XmlLayoutSchemaLog4j">
<locationInfo value="true" />
</layout>
</appender>]]></source>
</section>
<section name="Chainsaw UDP receiver Configuration">
<p>
Chainsaw should be configured to start a <c>UDPReceiver</c> using the
following configuration document:
</p>
<source language="xml"><![CDATA[
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; debug="true">
<plugin name="UDPReceiver" class="org.apache.log4j.net.UDPReceiver">
<param name="Port" value="8080" />
</plugin>
</log4j:configuration>]]></source>
</section>
</section>
<section name="Logging to XML file">
<p>
Chainsaw can also load an XML log file if it is formatted according
to the log4j schema. Use the following log4net config to output
to file using the log4j schema:
</p>
<source language="xml"><![CDATA[
<appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="log-file.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.XmlLayoutSchemaLog4j">
<locationInfo value="true" />
</layout>
</appender>]]></source>
<p>
To load the file into Chainsaw drag the file into the Chainsaw
app and drop it on the tab labeled <i>Drag & Drop log files here</i>.
</p>
</section>
</section>
</body>
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