Clientlog Configuration

Introduction

The Infinite Scale clientlog service is responsible for composing machine-readable notifications for clients. Clients are apps and web interfaces.

Default Values

  • The clientlog service listens on port 9260 by default.

The Log Service Ecosystem

Log services like the userlog, clientlog and sse are responsible for composing notifications for a certain audience.


Log services and their tasks

userlog

This service translates and adjusts messages to be human-readable.

clientlog

This service composes machine-readable messages, so clients can act without the need to query the server.

sse

This service is only responsible for sending these messages. It does not care about their form or language.

Clientlog Events

The messages the clientlog service sends are intended for use by clients, not by users. The client might for example be informed that a file has finished post-processing. With that, the client can make the file available to the user without additional server queries.

Event Bus Configuration

The Infinite Scale event bus can be configured by a set of environment variables.

  • If you are using a binary installation as described in Binary Setup or Bare Metal with systemd, the address of the event bus OCIS_EVENTS_ENDPOINT is predefined as localhost address without the need for further configuration, but changable on demand.

  • In case of an orchestrated installation like with Docker or Kubernetes, the event bus must be an external service for scalability like a Redis Sentinel cluster or a key-value-store NATS JetStream. Both named stores are supported and also used in Caching and Persistence. The store used is not part of the Infinite Scale installation and must be separately provided and configured.

  • Note that from a configuration point of view, caching and persistence are independent of the event bus configuration.

Note that for each global environment variable, a service-based one might be available additionally. For precedences see Environment Variable Notes. Check the configuration section below.

Without the aim of completeness, see the list of environment variables to configure the event bus:

Envvar Description

OCIS_EVENTS_ENDPOINT

The address of the event system.

OCIS_EVENTS_CLUSTER

The clusterID of the event system. Mandatory when using NATS as event system.

OCIS_EVENTS_ENABLE_TLS

Enable TLS for the connection to the events broker.

OCIS_INSECURE

Whether to verify the server TLS certificates.

OCIS_EVENTS_AUTH_USERNAME

The username to authenticate with the events broker.

OCIS_EVENTS_AUTH_PASSWORD

The password to authenticate with the events broker.

Configuration

Environment Variables

The clientlog service is configured via the following environment variables. Read the Environment Variable Types documentation for important details.

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Environment variables for the clientlog service
Name Type Default Value Description

OCIS_TRACING_ENABLED
CLIENTLOG_TRACING_ENABLED

bool

false

Activates tracing.

OCIS_TRACING_TYPE
CLIENTLOG_TRACING_TYPE

string

The type of tracing. Defaults to '', which is the same as 'jaeger'. Allowed tracing types are 'jaeger' and '' as of now.

OCIS_TRACING_ENDPOINT
CLIENTLOG_TRACING_ENDPOINT

string

The endpoint of the tracing agent.

OCIS_TRACING_COLLECTOR
CLIENTLOG_TRACING_COLLECTOR

string

The HTTP endpoint for sending spans directly to a collector, i.e. http://jaeger-collector:14268/api/traces. Only used if the tracing endpoint is unset.

OCIS_LOG_LEVEL
CLIENTLOG_USERLOG_LOG_LEVEL

string

The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'.

OCIS_LOG_PRETTY
CLIENTLOG_USERLOG_LOG_PRETTY

bool

false

Activates pretty log output.

OCIS_LOG_COLOR
CLIENTLOG_USERLOG_LOG_COLOR

bool

false

Activates colorized log output.

OCIS_LOG_FILE
CLIENTLOG_USERLOG_LOG_FILE

string

The path to the log file. Activates logging to this file if set.

CLIENTLOG_DEBUG_ADDR

string

127.0.0.1:9260

Bind address of the debug server, where metrics, health, config and debug endpoints will be exposed.

CLIENTLOG_DEBUG_TOKEN

string

Token to secure the metrics endpoint.

CLIENTLOG_DEBUG_PPROF

bool

false

Enables pprof, which can be used for profiling.

CLIENTLOG_DEBUG_ZPAGES

bool

false

Enables zpages, which can be used for collecting and viewing in-memory traces.

OCIS_JWT_SECRET
CLIENTLOG_JWT_SECRET

string

The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens.

OCIS_REVA_GATEWAY
CLIENTLOG_REVA_GATEWAY

string

com.owncloud.api.gateway

CS3 gateway used to look up user metadata

OCIS_EVENTS_ENDPOINT
CLIENTLOG_EVENTS_ENDPOINT

string

127.0.0.1:9233

The address of the event system. The event system is the message queuing service. It is used as message broker for the microservice architecture.

OCIS_EVENTS_CLUSTER
CLIENTLOG_EVENTS_CLUSTER

string

ocis-cluster

The clusterID of the event system. The event system is the message queuing service. It is used as message broker for the microservice architecture. Mandatory when using NATS as event system.

OCIS_INSECURE
CLIENTLOG_EVENTS_TLS_INSECURE

bool

false

Whether to verify the server TLS certificates.

OCIS_EVENTS_TLS_ROOT_CA_CERTIFICATE
CLIENTLOG_EVENTS_TLS_ROOT_CA_CERTIFICATE

string

The root CA certificate used to validate the server’s TLS certificate. If provided NOTIFICATIONS_EVENTS_TLS_INSECURE will be seen as false.

OCIS_EVENTS_ENABLE_TLS
CLIENTLOG_EVENTS_ENABLE_TLS

bool

false

Enable TLS for the connection to the events broker. The events broker is the ocis service which receives and delivers events between the services.

OCIS_EVENTS_AUTH_USERNAME
CLIENTLOG_EVENTS_AUTH_USERNAME

string

The username to authenticate with the events broker. The events broker is the ocis service which receives and delivers events between the services.

OCIS_EVENTS_AUTH_PASSWORD
CLIENTLOG_EVENTS_AUTH_PASSWORD

string

The password to authenticate with the events broker. The events broker is the ocis service which receives and delivers events between the services.

OCIS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID
CLIENTLOG_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID

string

The ID of the service account the service should use. See the 'auth-service' service description for more details.

OCIS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_SECRET
CLIENTLOG_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_SECRET

string

The service account secret.

YAML Example

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# Autogenerated
# Filename: clientlog-config-example.yaml

tracing:
  enabled: false
  type: ""
  endpoint: ""
  collector: ""
log:
  level: ""
  pretty: false
  color: false
  file: ""
debug:
  addr: 127.0.0.1:9260
  token: ""
  pprof: false
  zpages: false
grpc_client_tls: null
token_manager:
  jwt_secret: ""
reva_gateway: com.owncloud.api.gateway
events:
  endpoint: 127.0.0.1:9233
  cluster: ocis-cluster
  tls_insecure: false
  tls_root_ca_certificate: ""
  enable_tls: false
  username: ""
  password: ""
service_account:
  service_account_id: ""
  service_account_secret: ""