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diff --git a/man/org.freedesktop.LogControl1.xml b/man/org.freedesktop.LogControl1.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1694453 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/org.freedesktop.LogControl1.xml @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" > +<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later --> + +<refentry id="org.freedesktop.LogControl1" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + <refentryinfo> + <title>org.freedesktop.LogControl1</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.LogControl1</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>org.freedesktop.LogControl1</refname> + <refpurpose>D-Bus interface to query and set logging configuration</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Introduction</title> + + <para><interfacename>org.freedesktop.LogControl1</interfacename> is a generic interface that is intended + to be used by any daemon which allows the log level and target to be set over D-Bus. It is implemented by + various daemons that are part of the + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> + + <para>It is assumed that those settings are global for the whole program, so a fixed object path is + used. The interface should always be available under the path + <filename>/org/freedesktop/LogControl1</filename>.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>The following interface is exposed:</para> + + <programlisting executable="systemd" node="/org/freedesktop/LogControl1" interface="org.freedesktop.LogControl1"> +node /org/freedesktop/LogControl1 { + interface org.freedesktop.LogControl1 { + properties: + @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") + @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") + readwrite s LogLevel = '...'; + @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") + @org.freedesktop.systemd1.Privileged("true") + readwrite s LogTarget = '...'; + @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false") + readonly s SyslogIdentifier = '...'; + }; + interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer { ... }; + interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable { ... }; + interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties { ... }; +}; + </programlisting> + + <!--Autogenerated cross-references for systemd.directives, do not edit--> + + <variablelist class="dbus-interface" generated="True" extra-ref="org.freedesktop.LogControl1"/> + + <variablelist class="dbus-interface" generated="True" extra-ref="org.freedesktop.LogControl1"/> + + <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="LogLevel"/> + + <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="LogTarget"/> + + <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="SyslogIdentifier"/> + + <!--End of Autogenerated section--> + + <refsect2> + <title>Properties</title> + + <para><varname>LogLevel</varname> describes the + <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>-style + log-level, and should be one of <literal>emerg</literal>, <literal>alert</literal>, + <literal>crit</literal>, <literal>err</literal>, <literal>warning</literal>, <literal>notice</literal>, + <literal>info</literal>, <literal>debug</literal>, in order of increasing verbosity.</para> + + <para><varname>LogTarget</varname> describes the log target (mechanism). It should be one of + <literal>console</literal> (log to the console or standard output), + <literal>kmsg</literal> (log to the kernel ring buffer), + <literal>journal</literal> (log to the journal natively, see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>), + <literal>syslog</literal> (log using the + <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> call). + </para> + + <para>Those two properties are writable, so they may be set by sufficiently privileged users.</para> + + <para><varname>SyslogIdentifier</varname> is a read-only property that shows the "syslog identifier". + It is a short string that identifies the program that is the source of log messages that is passed to + the <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> call. + </para> + </refsect2> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Tools</title> + + <para><command>journalctl</command> option <option>-p</option>/<option>--priority=</option> may be used + to filter log messages by log level, option <option>-t</option>/<option>--identifier=</option> may be + used to by the syslog identifier, and filters like <literal>_TRANSPORT=syslog</literal>, + <literal>_TRANSPORT=journal</literal>, and <literal>_TRANSPORT=kernel</literal> may be used to filter + messages by the mechanism through which they reached <command>systemd-journald</command>.</para> + + <para><command>systemctl log-level</command> and <command>systemctl log-target</command> verbs may be + used to query and set the <varname>LogLevel</varname> and <varname>LogTarget</varname> properties of the + service manager. <command>systemctl service-log-level</command> and <command>systemctl + service-log-target</command> may similarly be used for individual services. (Services must have the + <varname>BusName=</varname> property set and must implement the interface described here. See + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> + for details about <varname>BusName=</varname>.)</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Example</title> + + <example> + <title>Create a simple listener on the bus that implements LogControl1</title> + + <programlisting><xi:include href="logcontrol-example.c" parse="text"/></programlisting> + + <para>This creates a simple server on the bus. It implements the LogControl1 interface by providing + the required properties and allowing to set the writable ones. It logs at the configured log level using + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_print</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + </example> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |