Web UI for rsyslog

Requirements

• Ensure you have http server i.e. Apache with PHP and MYSQL installed and working.
• You will need to have rsyslog storing logs in mysql, so install rsyslog and rsyslog-mysql
• Create a table for syslog entries and user that can SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, FILE for that table only
• Add the following to /etc/rsyslog.conf to enable logs to be stored in mysql

    $ModLoad ommysql
    *.* :ommysql:127.0.0.1,SyslogTableName,SQLUSER,SQLPASSWORD

• Restart the rsyslog service

Installation

• Clone from github `git clone "https://github.com/Tiny-Lama/rsyslog-webui.git" /var/www/html/syslog-ui

• Create the required config from the template `cp /var/www/html/syslog/config-template.php /var/www/html/syslog/config.php

• Modify your config file, this is where you will need your mysql database details. ` sudo nano /var/www/html/syslog/config.php

• Create a scheduled task for database clean-up. Open crontab `sudo crontab -e:

• Modify crontab by pasting this at the end of the file and save (CTRL+O).

  1 0 * * * cd /var/www/html/maintenance; /usr/bin/php ./db-maintenance.php

Then test in your web browser: http://localhost/syslog-ui

Mobile:

Desktop:

Original Code by hmsdao