They wanted out of the box solutions. This is what I found too that it would be custom. i was hoping i just was not finding something obvious.
Jeff Courtade M: 240.507.6116 On Dec 6, 2016 7:07 PM, "John Bickerstaff" <j...@johnbickerstaff.com> wrote: > You know - if I had to build this, I would consider slurping up the > relevant log entries (if they exist) and feeding them to Kafka - then your > people who want to analyze what happened can get those entries again and > again (Think of Kafka kind of like a persistent messaging store that can > store log entries or anything you want...) > > Of course, how much work you'd have to put into that depends on the > technical skill of whoever is going to consume this stuff... > > Also, a plain old relational database can easily hold these things as well > -and the code to parse the log messages into some simple tables wouldn't be > that difficult... There are probably existing examples / projects... > > Naturally - if the standard log entries do NOT get you what you need, then > it gets to be more of an effort, although adding an extension to Solr isn't > too hard once you understand the process... > > Ping back and let us know what you find in the logs and if you want more > "advice" -- which you should always take with a grain of salt... > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:56 PM, John Bickerstaff <j...@johnbickerstaff.com > > > wrote: > > > If you can identify currently-logged messages that give you what you need > > (even if you have to modify or process them afterwards) you can easily > make > > a custom log4j config that grabs ONLY what you want and dumps it into a > > separate file... > > > > I'm pretty sure I've seen all the request coming through in my SOLR log > > files... > > > > In case that helps... > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Alexandre Rafalovitch < > arafa...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> There is also Jetty level access log which shows the requests, though > >> it may not show the HTTP PUT bodies. > >> > >> Finally, various online monitoring services probably have agents that > >> integrate with Solr to show what's happening. Usually costs money > >> though. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Alex. > >> ---- > >> http://www.solr-start.com/ - Resources for Solr users, new and > >> experienced > >> > >> > >> On 6 December 2016 at 14:34, Jeff Courtade <courtadej...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > Thanks very much the trace idea is a brilliant way to dig into it. Did > >> not > >> > occur to me. > >> > > >> > I had another coworker suggest the custom > >> > > >> > http://lucene.apache.org/solr/6_3_0/solr-core/org/apache/sol > >> r/update/processor/LogUpdateProcessorFactory.html > >> > > >> > > >> > this is beyond my litmited abilites. > >> > > >> > > >> > I will see what we can dig up out of the logs... > >> > > >> > > >> > the original request was this... > >> > > >> > > >> > "Is there any configuration, plugin, or application that will create > an > >> > audit trail for Solr requests? We have teams that would like to be > able > >> to > >> > pull back changes/requests to documents in solr given a time period. > The > >> > information they would like to retrieve is the request to solr, where > it > >> > came from, and what the request did." > >> > > >> > > >> > I am starting to think there is not a simple solution to this. I was > >> hoping > >> > there was an UpdateAudit class or something I could flip a switch on > or > >> > some such... > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Alexandre Rafalovitch < > >> arafa...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> You could turn the trace mode for everything in the Admin UI (under > >> >> logs/levels) and see if any of the existing information is sufficient > >> >> for your needs. If yes, then you change log level in the > configuration > >> >> just for that class/element. > >> >> > >> >> Alternatively, you could do a custom UpdateRequestProcessor in the > >> >> request handler(s) that deal with update. Or perhaps > >> >> LogUpdateProcessor (that's in every standard chain) is sufficient: > >> >> http://www.solr-start.com/javadoc/solr-lucene/org/ > >> >> apache/solr/update/processor/LogUpdateProcessorFactory.html > >> >> > >> >> But it is also possible that the audit.log is something that has a > >> >> specific format that other tools use. So, you could start from asking > >> >> how that file would be used and then working backwards into Solr. > >> >> Which would most likely be a custom URP, as I mentioned earlier. > >> >> > >> >> Regards, > >> >> Alex. > >> >> P.s. Remember that there are full document updates and partial > >> >> updates. What you want to log about that is your business level > >> >> decision. > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Thanks, > >> > > >> > Jeff Courtade > >> > M: 240.507.6116 > >> > > > > >
