I don't think you really need a separate feed, since the data already exists in the database. I think it would be a little more flexible if you had a .php script (renamed as .rss or something) building the actual feed for you, every time you demanded it.
-----Original Message----- From: Claus Lund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 1:43 PM To: Freeman, Michael Cc: php-syslog-ng-support@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Php-syslog-ng-support] Log2rss support? I think Jason probably has the right idea to somehow handle it on the syslog-ng side. Maybe duplicate the log feed through a separate FIFO and have a script look at that FIFO and build the various RSS feeds according to whatever search criteria your users want to monitor? -Claus On 7/10/06, Freeman, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any other way to do it? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dukes Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 1:29 PM > To: Freeman, Michael; php-syslog-ng-support@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Php-syslog-ng-support] Log2rss support? > > Be aware that when you use %like% syntax on large amounts of data it > can slow it down a lot :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Freeman, Michael > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 1:05 PM > To: php-syslog-ng-support@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dukes Clayton > Subject: Re: [Php-syslog-ng-support] Log2rss support? > > Here are my initial thoughts on the design: > > I have attached a screenshot of how I think the interface would look > that will allow the user to configure their own particular RSS feed. > The interface would also allow the user to make the feed public, so > others could subscribe to it. > > The user will be able to build a filter that is essentially going to > be the SQL query used for pulling the data out of mySQL and generating > the RSS with. > > When a user goes to pull the feed, http://foo.bar/syslog/feed.rss, it > is really calling a php script that is doing the SQL query and > generating the RSS feed. I'm not sure yet how this will be possibly, > probably just telling apache that .rss is really a .php. I'm not sure > yet how to build in the authentication system.. Does anyone have any > ideas on that? I think if we could utilize someones existing session > key to validate who they are then we could also figure out what > feed.rss needs to do to build the actual feed. Users settings for how > they want their feeds displayed would probably also be stored in mySQL. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dukes Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:52 PM > To: Freeman, Michael; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: php-syslog-ng-support@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Php-syslog-ng-support] Log2rss support? > > I'd have to agree...plus you introduce all the headaches of > maintaining someone elses code and security deficiencies... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Freeman, Michael > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 9:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: php-syslog-ng-support@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Php-syslog-ng-support] Log2rss support? > > I think that is like trying to kill an ant with a hammer.. I don't > think people should be forced into using a full blown CMS if all they > want is a front-end to syslog. I'm just trying to fulfill some > requirements from my end-users here at my job and get something out to them asap. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 6:51 PM > To: Freeman, Michael > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Claus Lund; > php-syslog-ng-support@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Php-syslog-ng-support] Log2rss support? > > I definitely suggest you look into a CMS (Content Management System) > such as plone, XOOPS, phpNuke, etc. > These various projects already have a well-developed codebase and > probably several modules that can be bent to your needs. > I looked briefly at making php-syslog-ng into a XOOPS module about a > year and a half ago but got side-tracked. > > The big advantage of using a CMS is that it would really modularize > everything and users would be able to only use the features they like. > These products will also have a pretty good authentication and > permissioning system which could be useful for limiting which hosts a > user could query or other such niceties. > > Though not rich in time these days, I would be glad to help where I > can in such a project. > > Cheers, > > /Jason > > -- > You can have my Mac when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. > e:[EMAIL PROTECTED] v:514-815-8204 > > <quote who="Freeman, Michael"> > > I'd still be interested in having one centralized location for > > managing all the different elements of syslog-ng. You shouldn't > > necessarily have to go to different places to do this, for > > convenience > > > sake anyways. How it actually gets done I'm not really concerned > > with yet, this is more of a requirements gathering phase for me. > > > > I have a project at my company to replace CiscoWorks RME with > > Opsware NAS, and the whole reason I am involved in this > > php-syslog-ng stuff now is because NAS didn't have a front-end to > > syslog, like RME provided, and now that I have found this tool I > > have mitigated that requirement, my next goal is to extend the > > syslog analyzer functions to allow people to create event handlers. > > So it sounds like this functionality is built-in to syslog-ng > > already, I'm interested in wrapping it all into php-syslog-ng, if feasible. > > > > So the RSS stuff and the event handlers are not necessarily > intertwined. > > I would separate them so you would have a separate area to build > > your filters for RSS feeds, and then another area to build your > > event handlers for specific events. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 2:22 PM > > To: Freeman, Michael > > Cc: Claus Lund; php-syslog-ng-support@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Php-syslog-ng-support] Log2rss support? > > > > > > Something like this might be easier to implement on the back-end > > syslog-ng side, and not by hitting the database. What about tools > > like > > > swatch or watcher? > > > > How I see it working is creating a second "destination" in the > > syslog-ng config file which sends "pre-filtered" log-output to a > > file or socket to be u sed as input by one of these log-watcher programs. > > > > When the program sees a hit, it can create the "notify" event which > > could easily be configured as an event to add to an RSS feed. > > > > If you are dead-set on using the database for this, then you are not > > going to have "real-time" stream processing as in the above case. > > You > > > will likely be running a periodic query on the database and > > processing > > > that output. > > > > But in either case, what you are after is some kind of alerter > service. > > At present, php-syslog-ng is nothing more than a log-presentation > > service. The alerter stuff can be added on but would be entirely > > separate from the front end. It would be just another consumer of > > the > > > syslog-ng database. > > > > /Jason > > > > > > -- > > You can have my Mac when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. > > e:[EMAIL PROTECTED] v:514-815-8204 > > > > > > <quote who="Freeman, Michael"> > > > >> Yeah, my idea was to allow the user to build the type of filter > >> they wanted and underneath the hood it would make a SQL query to > >> the DB grabbing that stuff and generating the RSS. I'm not sure how > >> sophisticated my first attempt would be, but I might make a small > >> release and see what people think and if they find it useful, add > >> some > > > >> of the additional things. The whole reason behind me wanting to do > >> this is I think while a web front end to syslog is great, it still > >> requires someone to look at it. I for one use RSS frequently and > >> always have an aggregator application open on one of my screens so > >> it > > >> is easy for me to look over and take notice of things I actually > >> care > > >> about, based on the filter/ruleset I defined for my feed. > >> > >> One could take this concept even further and extend the > >> php-syslog-ng > > >> interface to allow users to create rules and event handlers that > >> would > > > >> be executed by the syslog-ng daemon itself. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Claus Lund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:43 AM > >> To: Freeman, Michael > >> Subject: Re: [Php-syslog-ng-support] Log2rss support? > >> > >> > >> > >> An RSS feed may be useful in some situations ... but I don't know > >> how > > >> well it would work/useful it would be in very "chatty environments"? > >> Maybe if you can do some filtering on what you subscribe to then it > >> could be used for alerting on certain situations that you want to > >> make > > > >> sure you catch. > >> > >> -Claus > >> > >> > >> > >> On 7/6/06, Freeman, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Is anyone else besides myself interested in getting RSS feeds from > >>> php-syslog-ng? 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