[TYPO3-caretaker] Syslog on each installation to be fetched into caretaker server

[Martin Ficzel]

Am 29.11.10 15:52, schrieb Søren Malling:
> Hi,
>
> I have the following proposal for a caretaker service:
>
> On each TYPO3 installation, a admin user got the possibility to add a
> note (syslog) if they change something. Example:
> Developer A logs in, and changes a TypoScript setting in extension
> xyz. Write a note in a log module and logs out.
> Next day, extension xyz stopped working and Developer B wonders why.
> He logs in to the central caretaker installation and find the syslog
> for that specific installation.
> Here he can see that Developer A wrote the following note "Changed
> option A to 3 instead of 2"
> That just saved Developer B from logging in to the backend, finding
> the Log module and reading through a lot of log entries.


Hi Søren,

since caretaker does not aggregate and browse logs i would suggest a little different 
approach. Maybe that fits your needs aswell.

Add a test like "Typoscript was not modified in the last 24 hours" that fetches the needed 
informations from the ts and syslog tables and writes the apropriate messages. In the 
result an instance with modified ts would go to warning (or error) state for 24 hours.

With this aproach you would have the aggregated changes in the caretaker testresult log 
without modifying the caretaker core-infrastructure. You just have to add a new 
testservice that can rely on the existing instance_operations as you intended.

Would that solve your problems?

Regards Martin


> We are planning such caretaker service at work, but would like some
> help/knowledge on the following:
>
> By looking at tx_caretakerinstance_BackendUserTestService I've found a
> way to get data out of existing tables on a remote destination.
>
> It includes the RemoteTestServiceBase class from caretaker_instance,
> will it be safe/okay/correct to depend my own service on that specific
> class?
>
> What about tables for the syslog entries on each installation, should
> they be in the same extension installed on the caretaker server? (the
> one providing the service) Or will it be a separate extension?
>
> Hope to hear some best advice on this topic.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Regards,
>
> Søren Malling
>
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