stuff

config.template

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ urlTimeout = 10
 # logging to file of the non Bot messages
 LogMessagesToFile = False
 # Logging of system messages to file
-SyslogToFile = False
+SyslogToFile = True
 
 [games]
 # if hop limit for the user exceeds this value, the message will be dropped

install.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 program_path=$(pwd)
 cp etc/pong_bot.tmp etc/pong_bot.service
 cp etc/mesh_bot.tmp etc/mesh_bot.service
+cp etc/mesh_bot_reporting.tmp etc/mesh_bot_reporting.service
 
 printf "\nMeshing Around Installer\n"
 printf "\nThis script will install the Meshing Around bot and its dependencies works best in debian/ubuntu\n"
@@ -90,14 +91,17 @@ read bot
 replace="s|/dir/|$program_path/|g"
 sed -i $replace etc/pong_bot.service
 sed -i $replace etc/mesh_bot.service
+sed -i $replace etc/mesh_bot_reporting.service
 # set the correct user in the service file?
 whoami=$(whoami)
 replace="s|User=pi|User=$whoami|g"
 sed -i $replace etc/pong_bot.service
 sed -i $replace etc/mesh_bot.service
+sed -i $replace etc/mesh_bot_reporting.service
 replace="s|Group=pi|Group=$whoami|g"
 sed -i $replace etc/pong_bot.service
 sed -i $replace etc/mesh_bot.service
+sed -i $replace etc/mesh_bot_reporting.service
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 printf "\n service files updated\n"
 

logs/README.md

@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 Logs will collect here.
 
 Reporting is via [etc/report_generator5.py](etc/report_generator5.py), run it from the etc/ working directory. The report_generator5 has newer feel and HTML5 coding. The index.html output is published in [../etc/www](../etc/www)
- - Make sure to have `SyslogToFile = True` to use reporting! ‼️
- - serviceTimer templates for routine output
+ - Make sure to have `SyslogToFile = True` and default of DEBUG log level to fully enable reporting! ‼️
+ - provided serviceTimer templates in etc/
+
 ![reportView](../etc/reporting.jpg)
 
-
-Logging messages to disk or Syslog to disk uses the python native logging function. Take a look at the [/modules/log.py](/modules/log.py) you can set the file logger for syslog to INFO for example to not log DEBUG messages to file log, or modify the stdOut level.
+Logging messages to disk or 'Syslog' to disk uses the python native logging function.
 ```
 [general]
-# logging to file of the non Bot messages
-LogMessagesToFile = True
-# Logging of system messages to file
+# logging to file of the non Bot messages only
+LogMessagesToFile = False
+# Logging of system messages to file, needed for reporting engine
 SyslogToFile = True
 ```
-Example to log to disk only INFO and higher (ignore DEBUG)
+
+To change the stdout (what you see on the console) logging level (default is DEBUG) see the following example, line is in [/modules/log.py](/modules/log.py)
+
 ```
-*log.py
-file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO) # DEBUG used by default for system logs to disk example here shows INFO
+# Set level for stdout handler
+stdout_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 ```

modules/settings.py

@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ try:
     publicChannel = config['general'].getint('defaultChannel', 0) # the meshtastic public channel
     ignoreDefaultChannel = config['general'].getboolean('ignoreDefaultChannel', False)
     zuluTime = config['general'].getboolean('zuluTime', False) # aka 24 hour time
-    log_messages_to_file = config['general'].getboolean('LogMessagesToFile', True) # default True
-    syslog_to_file = config['general'].getboolean('SyslogToFile', False)
+    log_messages_to_file = config['general'].getboolean('LogMessagesToFile', False) # default off
+    syslog_to_file = config['general'].getboolean('SyslogToFile', True) # default on
     urlTimeoutSeconds = config['general'].getint('urlTimeout', 10) # default 10 seconds
     store_forward_enabled = config['general'].getboolean('StoreForward', True)
     storeFlimit = config['general'].getint('StoreLimit', 3) # default 3 messages for S&F