Log Files

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I am trying to pull the log files on the Vera, but I am looking specifically for the log file that holds the notifications that you would normally find under “account → my alerts”. Any ideas where this is located on the Vera if i user SSH? I want to download the log to then run a report later and find out who many times a specific user put their code in the front door.

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I might be wrong here but it is my understanding that the notification logs are not stored on the Vera unit but on the Mios servers at MCV. I deduce this from posts I remember to have read but mostly also since you need to log in to your Mios account to see the notifications. There would be no need for a log in if the notifications were stored locally.

MJ

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The Vera log file is in:
/tmp/log/cmh/LuaUPNP.log

You can view it with:
http://YourVeraIP/cgi-bin/cmh/log.sh?Device=LuaUPnP

The actual file is rotated … (zipped and sent to MCV Server) when it gets large.
There are ways to keep these local … they are still zipped.
Depending on how much information is in your log file … this can happen a couple of times a day.

You will have to scan the log file to find your events … it’s not user friendly. It also does not have all the information that is in the sent notification.
I would suggest you monitor your log file while someone generates an event and see if the local log file will be useful.

I doubt it.

If you have an Android phone … Use Vera Alerts. It will record all of the alerts on your phone. You can tell it to keep the last N events for each event. So you can see the last N times someone opened your door.

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Sounds good…thanks for the quick information…guess I’m going to have to try and create a reporting system to create a searchable notification report…

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I came home today and noticed Vera UI doesn’t come up. Tried to SSH but connection was rejected. I ping the device and I got reply.
I had no choice other than unplug Vera.

I tried to look to Vera log but I realized the log file is almost empty and was created just when I plugged in the vera. My log file is on 32GB USB

1-Does Vera wipe out the log on power reset?
2-How long Vera keeps a log file?

Thanks.

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[quote=“RichardTSchaefer, post:3, topic:177016”]The actual file is rotated … (zipped and sent to MCV Server) when it gets large.
There are ways to keep these local … they are still zipped.[/quote]

How can keep a local copy?

Thanks

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I believe if you uncheck Archive old logs on server on the tab SETUP, Logs it will leave them on the local filesystem.

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Thanks, I did that. Lets see what happens tomorrow.

Two more questions please, if you don’t mind.

1- Looks like you tried to modify Rotate_Logs.sh to increase rotation time, but you were not successful, is that right?

2- I need to create my own log for all my scripts. I cannot rely on Vera’s rotating log file. I thought I open a file on Vera startup and write a MyLog() kind of function and keep that global and use it. What do you think?

Thanks

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It may be that the EventWatcher log is what you need. Basic instructions for installing are here: [s]http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,18749.0.html[/s], but you should also update the Lua file with the latest from here: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,16984.msg139085.html#msg139085
It really depends how long you want the log to last.

— edit, sorry, wrong URL. See the start of the other thread for install instructions. —

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Looks like you tried to modify Rotate_Logs.sh to increase rotation time, but you were not successful, is that right?
That is correct. Every time I made a change to [i][Rotate_Logs.sh/i], log rotation stopped completely. I still have not found out why this happens.
I need to create my own log for all my scripts. I cannot rely on Vera's rotating log file. I thought I open a file on Vera startup and write a MyLog() kind of function and keep that global and use it. What do you think?
This should by straightforward to do if [i]EventWatcher[/i] does not provide what you want.

If you create your file in the www folder (e.g. www.mylog.txt), you can check it through your browser (/mylog.txt). You will need to provide your own log rotation mechanism to avoid consuming too much memory.