Log to external syslog server
Hello,
I recently had problems with my Kiwi, which had shut down for some reason. I was then able to restart it with power off/back on.
Unfortunately, in this case the log is no longer there and I wanted to ask if there is a way to log to an external syslog server and thus possibly find out the reason for such an unexpected shutdown?
The password for external access is set, so I can rule out the possibility that a visitor has shut down the Kiwi.
Regards, Steffen
Comments
It depends on what you mean by "log" as there are some subtle differences. Not all messages appearing in the admin log tab are recorded in the Linux syslog. The ones prefixed with an "L" are. They should be recorded in /var/log and persist across reboots and power failures. The other ones are interesting but not deemed worthy of taking up filesystem space.
In the past someone did figure out how to do remote syslog recording. I don't know if that had any adverse impact on the Kiwi realtime performance (i.e. causing the audio to break up).
The admin "users" tab never persists across restarts because of how it works.
Random shutdowns are always power supply, or power supply cable, problems (voltage brownout). If we've learned anything in the past 10 years it's that.
Ok, thank you.
Then I'll have to keep an eye on it and check /var/log if it occurs again.
Regards, Steffen