Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Konrad, Martin via Tech-talk" <[email protected]> · Thu, 2 May 2019 13:36:10 +0000

Hi Neil,
> Is the recommended logging facility IOClog?
20 years ago it was a good choice. If you are looking for a simple
solution for testing it might still get the job done.

For production use there are more powerful tools around, though. Some
labs including ANL and FRIB are successfully using Logstash now which is
very popular in the IT world (there is a good chance your sysadmin is
already using it for system log files etc.). You might want to consider
pairing Logstash with the Elastic Stack to allow fast search and Kibana
for visualization. Andrews had a few slides about how to configure it to
receive EPICS log messages:

https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/85/contributions/2601/attachments/689/997/5_06_Logstash_for_IOCs.pdf

Unfortunately, we didn't find time to document this properly. We
appreciate your help turning Andrews slides into a description that can
go into our official documentation.

Thanks,

Martin

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Martin Konrad
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Michigan State University
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East Lansing, MI 48824-1321, USA
Tel. 517-908-7253
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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