The Dude 6.39.2 Log Files

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WE have ran the dude 4.0b3 for quite some time to monitor our network. We recently deployed a VM with CHR 6.39.2 and have migrated the Dude to this instance and have de-commissioned the old 4.0b3 server. One thing that I notice is in the 6.39.2 instance, there is only one log file built in now. Before there used to be 4 log files (syslog, event, etc., etc.) it also appears that I have no way to add any custom log files, or to adjust the retention settings of the log files. Does anyone have any information on how I can fix this,.

Thanks

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apiel1,

As you, we also have same issue with Dude v6.

I have contacted Mikrotik support about this. Their reply was that they have plans to improve syslog, but how and when I don’t know.

Thank you!

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At least something… At the moment you can save in system logging the dude event into separate file to get the dude log saved.
I am also waiting for returning the syslog functionality known in 4b3 to 6.x.

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Thanks for the replies. I will eagerly await these enhancements in V6

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At the moment, we also send all Dude v6 logs to remote syslog server where we have separate display for them and colorise them with corresponding rules.

Thank you!

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It would be nice not to have to do this. The logging at the moment within the dude is very unmanageable.

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I join others for separate files syslog facility.. Logs cannot be saved now after reboot as well

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maxkrok,

As a workaround, to save logs into a file on ROS, we can:

/system logging action add name=dudedisk target=disk disk-file-name="dude-log.txt" disk-lines-per-file=10000 disk-file-count=100 disk-stop-on-full=no
/system logging add topics=dude action=dudedisk

Thank you!

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I don’t see a retention policy ether. Was this remove on the new version and when can we get it back?

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manuelm,

What do you mean by retention policy?

In Dude v6 a ROS logging system is used and we can’t configure multiple logs with their policy.

One workaround is described above.

Thank you!

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Waiting for the “old style” syslog… :frowning:

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Me too.

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I also need this. Hope it comes out soon :slight_smile:

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+1 for the old Syslog settings, and bring back the little Flags as in 6.36.4 … Please.

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Why is this thread marked, “Solved”? As far as I can tell, dude logging is still a mess.