Chapter 24. System Monitoring and Logging
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Asterisk comes with several subsystems that allow you to obtain detailed information about the workings of your system. Whether for troubleshooting or for tracking usage for billing or staffing purposes, Asterisk’s various monitoring modules can help you keep tabs on the inner workings of your system.
logger.conf
When troubleshooting issues in your Asterisk system, you will find it very helpful to refer to some sort of historical record of what was going on in the system at the time the reported issue occurred. The parameters for the storing of this information are defined in /etc/asterisk/logger.conf.
Ideally, one might want the system to store a record of each and every thing it does. However, there is a cost to doing this. On a busy system, with full debug logging enabled, it is possible to completely fill the hard drive with logged data within a day or so. It is therefore necessary to achieve a balance between detail and storage requirements.
The /etc/asterisk/logger.conf file allows you to define all sorts of different levels of logging, to multiple files if desired. This flexibility is excellent, but it can also be confusing.
The format of an entry in the logger.conf file is as follows:
filename=>type[,type[,type[,...]]]
A sample logger.conf file comes with the Asterisk source, but rather than just copying over the sample file, we recommend that you use the ...
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