I'm trying to run elog 2.6.0-beta4 under Apache 2.0.  I follow the directions, and everything works fine, so my
elog runs as

http://grattalab3.stanford.edu/elog/

running under port 8082, with the following lines in my httpd.conf file

 Redirect permanent /elog http://grattalab3.stanford.edu/elog
 ProxyPass /elog/ http://grattalab3.stanford.edu:8082/

This machine has an alias, which is http://exo-elog.stanford.edu.  My question is, how can I run elog so that
when someone types in this name, it brings up my elog? I know that I can make a VirtualHost entry and put a
redirect at the document root of that virtual host, but that seems clumsy.  Can I just modify ProxyPass or add a
Redirect statement somehow?

Thanks!

> I'm trying to run elog 2.6.0-beta4 under Apache 2.0.  I follow the directions, and everything works fine, so my
> elog runs as
> 
> http://grattalab3.stanford.edu/elog/
> 
> running under port 8082, with the following lines in my httpd.conf file
> 
>  Redirect permanent /elog http://grattalab3.stanford.edu/elog
>  ProxyPass /elog/ http://grattalab3.stanford.edu:8082/
> 
> This machine has an alias, which is http://exo-elog.stanford.edu.  My question is, how can I run elog so that
> when someone types in this name, it brings up my elog? I know that I can make a VirtualHost entry and put a
> redirect at the document root of that virtual host, but that seems clumsy.  Can I just modify ProxyPass or add a
> Redirect statement somehow?

To my knowledge you need a VirtualHost entry, plus a "URL = http://exo-elog.stanford.edu" entry in elogd.cfg

I'm (mis)using elog as a database. I like the fact that I can have presets for fields, but I also like the fact 
that I can make a duplicate of an entry. Now when I make a duplicate, all the fields get overwritten with the 
preset-value. Is there a way to get the preset-values only on entering a NEW reord and NOT on a duplicate ?

I could take away the presets, most of them are "***" (literally) to be able to search for entries that do not 
have a value, but I don't know how to search for empty fields.


PS: They wanted to do a CMDB in BMC-Magic (really expensive $$$-ware), but after about 1 afternoon (and about 6 
prototypes) they went with elog since it was fast, cheap and already implemented (and filled with 200 entries 
through a script using some old CSV list we had lying around) :-) 

 

> I'm (mis)using elog as a database. I like the fact that I can have presets for fields, but I also like the fact 
> that I can make a duplicate of an entry. Now when I make a duplicate, all the fields get overwritten with the 
> preset-value. Is there a way to get the preset-values only on entering a NEW reord and NOT on a duplicate ?

I fixed that in the SVN revision 1583. The fix will be contained in the upcoming version 2.6.1.