Display Function for System Logs

Date	2009/12/20
Contact(s)	A. Warnock (A/WWW Enterprises), D. Nebert (USGS/FGDC), L. Miao (GMU), Z. Li (GMU), H. Wu (GMU)
Last edited	Timestamp
Status	Proposed for voting
Assigned to release	2.5
Resources	No additional resources needed

Overview

Remote administration of GeoNetwork is somewhat hampered by the inability to view system logs to look for problems. We propose to add the capability for read-only viewing of the Jetty logs in the browser window for administrative users. This will be added to the Admin menu.

Proposal Type

• Type: Module Change
• App: GeoNetwork
• Module: Administration interface

Links

• Documents:
• Email discussions: See thread on Proposal: Display function for system logs on geonetwork-devel list
• Other wiki discussions:

Voting History

• Vote proposed by A. Warnock on 2009-12-20.

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Motivations

There is currently no ability for an administrative user to review the Jetty and GeoNetwork system logs remotely. We propose to add the ability to view them in the browser from the administration menu.

Proposal

We note that many of the errors which occur during harvesting are written to the Jetty logs but are not actually visible to anyone administering the site remotely. We propose to add a simple, read-only log file viewing function to the administrative interface so that errors can more easily be tracked.

Backwards Compatibility Issues

None anticipated.

Risks

None forseen. Development will take place on a separate branch so that testing can take place before merging into the trunk.

Participants

• A. Warnock (A/WWW Enterprises)
• D. Nebert (USGS/FGDC)
• L. Miao (GMU)
• Z. Li (GMU)
• H. Wu (GMU)