Hi, I have an issue with my local elog setup. it's usable but one function is just not working.

Problem

I'm getting weird error messages when trying to write or read entries from the CLI client.

I have googled a lot and most elog client examples are not giving the actual output, more like elog -h <host> -p <myport> -a ... -x -m "myfile" but I hope I got the options right.

Upgrading did not change the behaviour.

Question?

• anyone see problems in the commands I tried below
• with OSX in general
• have a recent setup on OSX that just works

Env

I'm running elog on my OSX laptop for tracking issues / improvements on client's IT systems. It's proven really good for storing my notes.

One "kink" is I kinda need both of them on the laptop since I cannot assume to have working network connectivity, i.e. when documenting network outages or datacenter maintenance where everything is off.

One thing I couldn't get to work was the CLI. Today I upgraded to the latest build, and tried again.

Env: OSX 12.4 (x86_64)

elog Client compiled from latest source tree (bcd7b50edd3d687425e6c5b0906dc02c8690a24e)

with minimal adjustments (turn off SSL since I can't get it right on OSX, rename two .c files in mxml to .cxx)

Outputs

$ echo "blah" | ./elog -h 127.0.0.1 -p 8080 -l intern -r 2 -x
Cannot retrieve host name: Undefined error: 0
$ echo "blah" | ./elog -h 127.0.0.1 -p 8080 -l intern -r 2 -x
Cannot retrieve host name: Undefined error: 0
$ host 127.0.0.1
1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer localhost.
$ elog -?
elogd 3.1.4 built Oct  8 2020, 03:14:21 revision 7c3fd00b
$ elog -?                                                                       
elogd 3.1.4 built Jul  5 2022, 18:23:30 revision bcd7b50e

As per the messages, I'm not entirely sure if it's an issue with the client or the server. upgrading both components made no difference.

Config

Theme = default
Comment = Logbuch Findings etc
Attributes = Context, Type, Category, Subject, ObjectPath
Options Context = global, intern, [redacted]
Options Type = Anpassung, Finding, Problem, Update, Auftrag, Planung
Options Category = General, Hardware, Software, Network, Other
Extendable Options = Category
Required Attributes = Context, Type, ObjectPath
Page Title = ELOG - $subject
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Context, Type

make output

$ gmake                                                
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -I/opt/local/include -o elog src/elog.cxx mxml.o crypt.o -L/opt/local/lib
ld: warning: directory not found for option '-L/opt/local/lib'
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -I/opt/local/include -w -c -o auth.o src/auth.cxx
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -I/opt/local/include -o elogd src/elogd.cxx auth.o mxml.o crypt.o -L/opt/local/lib
ld: warning: directory not found for option '-L/opt/local/lib'
c++ -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-result -Imxml -I/opt/local/include -o elconv src/elconv.cxx -L/opt/local/lib
ld: warning: directory not found for option '-L/opt/local/lib'

$ ls -ltr
[...]
-rw-r--r--   1 floh  staff     4811  5 Jul 17:58 CMakeLists.txt
drwxr-xr-x  25 floh  staff      800  5 Jul 17:58 doc
drwxr-xr-x  10 floh  staff      320  5 Jul 17:58 scripts
drwxr-xr-x  13 floh  staff      416  5 Jul 17:58 src
drwxr-xr-x  10 floh  staff      320  5 Jul 18:15 mxml
-rw-r--r--   1 floh  staff    36424  5 Jul 18:15 mxml.o
-rw-r--r--   1 floh  staff     8784  5 Jul 18:15 crypt.o
-rw-r--r--   1 floh  staff     5886  5 Jul 18:23 Makefile
-rwxr-xr-x   1 floh  staff    90840  5 Jul 18:23 elog
-rw-r--r--   1 floh  staff     2976  5 Jul 18:23 auth.o
-rwxr-xr-x   1 floh  staff  1390664  5 Jul 18:23 elogd
-rwxr-xr-x   1 floh  staff    52112  5 Jul 18:23 elconv


$ sudo gmake install
Password:
install: elog -> /usr/local/bin/elog
install: elconv -> /usr/local/bin/elconv
install: elogd -> /usr/local/sbin/elogd
install: man/elog.1 -> /usr/local/man/man1//elog.1
install: man/elconv.1 -> /usr/local/man/man1//elconv.1
install: man/elogd.8 -> /usr/local/man/man8//elogd.8
install: scripts/ckeditor-config.js -> /usr/local/elog/scripts//ckeditor-config.js
install: scripts/dnd.js -> /usr/local/elog/scripts//dnd.js
install: scripts/elcode.js -> /usr/local/elog/scripts//elcode.js
install: scripts/im.js -> /usr/local/elog/scripts//im.js
install: scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js -> /usr/local/elog/scripts//jquery-1.11.1.min.js
install: scripts/load-ckeditor.js -> /usr/local/elog/scripts//load-ckeditor.js
Installing CKeditor to /usr/local/elog/scripts/ckeditor
Installing resources to /usr/local/elog/resources
Installing themes to /usr/local/elog/themes
Installing example logbook to /usr/local/elog/logbooks/demo
install: logbooks/demo/2001/011108a.log -> /usr/local/elog/logbooks/demo/2001/011108a.log
install: elogd.plist -> /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.psi.elogd.plist
The elogd service can now be started with
  sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.psi.elogd.plist

Good day all ,

does Elog has a paid version that is not open soureced 

regards

William Vasio 

Good day all ,

does Elog has a paid version that is not open soureced 

regards

William Vasio 

We have 68 logbooks and currently 60 GB data total. We run it as well on a VM, in our case with 8GB RAM.
The speed of ELOG is mostly given by the filesystem: when we had AFS it was very slow. With NFS it was better. But we now use a local disk on the VM: that is much better.
If you want to have the best performance (upload of large files can still slow down all users) then I would recomment local SSD for the file system of elogd.

You might talk to your system administrator: they can likely provide a local SSD on the VM server host.

We're up to 30 logbooks, 3.2GB data total and Elog damen has now become slow. Performance stats show 100%CPU on startup then reduces. Searches and general UI activity is slow. It runs on a VM with 4GB memory allocated. Up to 15 concurrent users.

Trimming and archiving some data files may help but I gather overall this is underpowered hardware in this instance so what is recommended system requirements for a config like this?

I would like to edit an existing entry by adding new attachments at each call of elog from the command line.

If I issue

elog -h localhost -p 8XXX -l test -f /path/to/file_0.pdf -e N -x

and then 

elog -h localhost -p 8XXX -l test -f /path/to/file_1.pdf -e N -x

file_1.pdf replaces file_0.pdf, while I'd like entry N to have both pdfs.

Is there a workaround?

Is anyone able to assist with what I am doing wrong is anyone successful used LDAP in windows elog

Hi I am running elog on windows 2022 server and trying to use ldap for Auth.

No matter what i do I cannot get it to authenticate against the DC.

Invalid user name or password!

11-May-2022 17:09:15 [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] {TrainingHouse1} LOGIN user "xxxxx" (attempt)

Using an LDAP browser I can connect to the DC without issue so not firewall.

Not sure what I am doing wrong.

[global]
port = 5050
Page title = Elog Training
Entries per page = 25
Password file = password.pwd
List page title = Elog Training
Login page title = Elog Training
Show top groups = 0
Logbook tabs = 0
Menu commands = Back, New, Find, Download, Logout
List Menu commands = New, Find, Logout
Self register = 0
Max content length = 100000
Allow password change = 0
Enable attachments = 0
Show attachments = 0
Hide attachments = 1
List after submit = 1
Logout to main = 0
Allowed encoding = 5
Default encoding = 1
Welcome title = Elog Training LogBook.
## Welcome title = <font size=5 color=white>Elog Training LogBook </font><img src="elog.png">
Summary lines = 5
Summary line length = 100
Search all logbooks = 0
Refresh = 300
Login expiration = 0
Reply string = 
Suppress default = 2
Thread display = $category entered by $author on $Entry time
Thread icon = Icon
Preset on reply author = $long_name
All display limit = 300
Start page = ?last=31
Bottom text =
Bottom text login = <font size=5 color=Red><center></br>ELOG Training web site</center></font>

[ADTrainingHouse1]
Hidden = 0
Authentication = LDAP, File
LDAP server = ldap://xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.au:389
LDAP userbase = OU=Users,OU=CP,DC=xxxx,DC=xxxx,DC=xxxx,DC=xxxx,DC=au
LDAP login attribute = uid
LDAP register = 0
Theme = default
Comment =Training House 1 LogBook
Preset Author = $long_name
Locked Attributes = Author
Attributes = Category, Codes, Residents Involved, Medical, Synopsis, Event Date, Author
Options Synopsis = Yes, No
MOptions Medical = Yes
MOptions Residents Involved = Pleaseadd, Test User
Extendable options = Residents Involved
Style Synopsis Yes = background-color:yellow
Style Medical Yes = background-color:green
Type Event Date = datetime
Preset Event Date = $datetime
Date format %A %B %d %Y %H:%M 
List Display = ID, Event Date, Category, Medical, Codes, Residents Involved, Synopsis, Date, Author
MOptions Category = Assault, Death, Fire, Illness, Inappropriate Sexualised Behaviour, Injury To Child, Injury To Staff, Property Damage, Self-Harm, Substance Misuse, Theft/Loss, Threat
MOptions Codes = MED, ACH, LEGAL, MPR, P/C, PSYCH, MFP, BEH, INC, CM, FAM, INFO, MVT, OBS, POLICE, PROG, ROU, VIS, S/O
Required Attributes = Author, Event Date, Codes
Style Codes MED = background-color:green
Page Title = DCP Elog Training
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category, Codes, Medical,
Sort Attributes = Event Date
Logfile = traininghouse1.log
Logging level = 3
Bottom text =