Comments on: phperrlog – Monitor and consolidate php and apache error logs on the server http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server A blog by Prelovac Media CEO Vladimir Prelovac Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: gavinhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-24542 gavin http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-24542 Any thoughts on this?./phperrlog: line 41: mail: command not found Any thoughts on this?

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]]> By: mkrsshttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-18368 mkrss http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-18368 it is usefull, can you tell me which plugin used for code highlight it is usefull, can you tell me which plugin used for code highlight

]]> By: Artur Ejsmonthttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-17581 Artur Ejsmont http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-17581 Maybe try cacti monitoring. Easy to setup, tons of ready to use scripts and template. Integration with system and all components like APC Memcache Mysql apache linux network etc.You will be able to monitor your applications as well if you add custom scripts gathering application timers (how much time did it take to call soap service or whatecver)http://artur.ejsmont.org/blog/content/palm-v3-bundle-of-php-apache-linux-and-memcached-monitoring-scripts-and-cacti-graphs-apcthis should give you some idea of what kind of graphs can you easily get out of the box. Maybe try cacti monitoring. Easy to setup, tons of ready to use scripts and template. Integration with system and all components like APC Memcache Mysql apache linux network etc.

You will be able to monitor your applications as well if you add custom scripts gathering application timers (how much time did it take to call soap service or whatecver)

http://artur.ejsmont.org/blog/content/palm-v3-bundle-of-php-apache-linux-and-memcached-monitoring-scripts-and-cacti-graphs-apc

this should give you some idea of what kind of graphs can you easily get out of the box.

]]> By: Vladimirhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-16429 Vladimir http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-16429 I use monitoring tools lke nagios, the script was just an extension to know whats happening inside your websites as no tool that I know of reports php errors. I use monitoring tools lke nagios, the script was just an extension to know whats happening inside your websites as no tool that I know of reports php errors.

]]> By: Rob Smallwoodhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-16412 Rob Smallwood http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-16412 If you're going to use scripting then think about rotating the logs, but reporting a php error is not really good enough.You need to monitor your sites as the customer sees them, from the front door. A better approach would be to have a simple monitor page that just responds with 'OK' or something and use nagios to monitor your OK pages. This would at least tell you that your websites are externally visible/don't have connectivity issues and both apache and the underlying application at least work. If you're going to use scripting then think about rotating the logs, but reporting a php error is not really good enough.

You need to monitor your sites as the customer sees them, from the front door. A better approach would be to have a simple monitor page that just responds with 'OK' or something and use nagios to monitor your OK pages. This would at least tell you that your websites are externally visible/don't have connectivity issues and both apache and the underlying application at least work.

]]> By: Vladimirhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-16377 Vladimir http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-16377 What I did however works with non-wordpress sites and allows me greater customization of the output with no alternation of config files. But your solution sounds good, if I knew about the plugin perhaps I wouldn't have dug into this. What I did however works with non-wordpress sites and allows me greater customization of the output with no alternation of config files. But your solution sounds good, if I knew about the plugin perhaps I wouldn't have dug into this.

]]> By: Craig M. Rosenblumhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-16376 Craig M. Rosenblum http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-16376 I myself, tend to have a centralized location for all my log files, from lighttpd, mysql, php and wordpress, so that I only have 1 location to look at...But why cloud up your email?Would be nice to have a wordpress plugin, that could look for error log files, and make them readable, in wordpress admin...http://www.craigrosenblum.com/organize-log-files I myself, tend to have a centralized location for all my log files, from lighttpd, mysql, php and wordpress, so that I only have 1 location to look at...

But why cloud up your email?

Would be nice to have a wordpress plugin, that could look for error log files, and make them readable, in wordpress admin...

http://www.craigrosenblum.com/organize-log-files

]]> By: Vladimirhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-15734 Vladimir http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-15734 Perhaps a dedicated php script would be better for that, I merely wanted some information about what is going on on the server. JakeO script is good addition and I already modified mine to use it instead for output. Perhaps a dedicated php script would be better for that, I merely wanted some information about what is going on on the server. JakeO script is good addition and I already modified mine to use it instead for output.

]]> By: greghttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/phperrlog-monitor-and-consolidate-php-and-apache-error-logs-on-the-server/comment-page-1#comment-15732 greg http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1186#comment-15732 This is a great start Vladimir. However, without some basic grouping of error messages like what JakeO Logdigester does, all you get from tail is the last few seconds of errors on a busy server. Our error logs are a problem as well. With a dedicated server and many popular sites it's difficult to separate the garbage from the important errors and warnings. However, combining the errors by message and displaying the list sorted by count of each error message is helpful. Yet, sometimes the most important errors are the rare ones.JakeO's php script also doesn't work on standard size apache logs, so you've either got to give it a lot more memory or split your files. It would be nice if someone made a robust solution for monitoring the apache error_log. This is a great start Vladimir. However, without some basic grouping of error messages like what JakeO Logdigester does, all you get from tail is the last few seconds of errors on a busy server. Our error logs are a problem as well. With a dedicated server and many popular sites it's difficult to separate the garbage from the important errors and warnings. However, combining the errors by message and displaying the list sorted by count of each error message is helpful. Yet, sometimes the most important errors are the rare ones.

JakeO's php script also doesn't work on standard size apache logs, so you've either got to give it a lot more memory or split your files. It would be nice if someone made a robust solution for monitoring the apache error_log.

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