LogZilla v3.3 Open Beta

[cdukes]

The LogZilla Open Beta program is now available to all interested users.
To obtain the 3.3 beta, please follow this instructions:

NOTE: The upgrade code has NOT been done yet. Please remove your current installation if you have one. Optionally, you can try to upgrade and note the problems and let us know.
The beta now fully supports upgrading. Just re-run install.pl as often as you like

1. Download the code from subversion:

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cd /var/www
svn co https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/logzilla.2/trunk/ logzilla

2. Install LogZilla.
Note that v3.3 allows for a fully automated installation process using an answerfile. The file should be named .lzrc and be placed in the scripts directory. If it exists, no questions will be asked during installation.

Sample .lzrc file:

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#------------------#
# basic properties #
#------------------#
$dbroot = "root";
$dbrootpass = "mysql";
$dbname = "syslog";
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbport = "3306";
$dbadmin = "syslogadmin";
$dbadminpw = "syslogadmin";
$siteadmin = "admin";
$siteadminpw = "admin";
$email = "cdukes\@logzilla.pro";
$sitename = "LogZilla Lab Server";
$url = "/";
$logpath = "/var/log/logzilla";
$retention = "7";
$snare = "Y";
$syslogng_conf = "/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf";
$syslogng_source = "s_all";
$webuser = "www-data";
#------------------#
# Auto-answer      #
# Answer Yes to all prompts (except license)
# Use at your own risk!
#------------------#
$autoyes = "Y";

#------------------#
# Skip section options
# This may mess up the installation of you haven't already installed
# The dev teams use this to avoid having to set up everything repeatedly during testing
#------------------#
$skipdb = "N";
$skipcron = "N";
$skipsysng = "N";
$skiplogrot = "N";
$skipsudo = "N";
$skipfb = "N";
$skipsphinx = "N";
$skip_ioncube = "N";

Install LogZilla:

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cd /var/www/logzilla/scripts
./install.pl

3. PLEASE follow our RSS feed, this is very important so that you know when updates are released (which is just about every day now, if not every few hours!)
https://www.assembla.com/spaces/logzilla/stream.rss

4. PLEASE send us feedback! We need to know if things don't work as expected, it's the whole reason we've opened the beta so please take the time to let us know by sending an email to support@logzilla.pro or simply reply to this topic



This version includes several hundred modifications, some of the new features:

• Charts no longer require Flash (pure javascript)
• Results can now be post-filtered by pattern
• Results can be filtered by time using a slider
• Results are much faster and can paginate 5000+ entries.
• Backend uses multiple CPU cores for indexing
• Backend db structure now stores logs in rotating, time-based, tables for much better scalability. (e.g.: Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly)
• Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) are now available which allow the admin to specify which users or hosts have access to resources.
• Live Scroll (tail mode) can be paused
• New licensing interface which includes auto-licensing mechanism
• Full UI audit logging now available (e.g: user logged in, user clicked X)

15, Feb, 2012 update
Here's a Ready2Run VM that you can use with VMWare Workstation. Server, or Player:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3qgnt23m6ct2nff
Just turn the machine on and read the console boot screen for instructions.

[ttricktt]

When I ran ./install.pl
Uninstalled old directory and tried with the answer script and without.

-Rick

Can't locate Digest/Perl/MD5.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at ./install.pl line 25.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./install.pl line 25.

[cdukes]

That just means you are missing some required perl libs

Try:

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sudo cpan Digest::Perl::MD5