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<title>sasl</title>
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<app>sasl</app>
<appsummary>The SASL Application</appsummary>
<description>
<p>This section describes the SASL (System Architecture Support Libraries)
application which provides the following services:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c>alarm_handler</c></item>
<item><c>overload</c></item>
<item><c>rb</c></item>
<item><c>release_handler</c></item>
<item><c>systools</c></item>
</list>
<p>The SASL application also includes <c>error_logger</c> event
handlers for formatting SASL error and crash reports.</p>
<note>
<p>The SASL application in OTP has nothing to do with
"Simple Authentication and Security Layer" (RFC 4422).</p>
</note>
</description>
<section>
<title>Error Logger Event Handlers</title>
<p>The following error logger event handlers are defined in
the SASL application.</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>sasl_report_tty_h</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Formats and writes <em>supervisor reports</em>, <em>crash reports</em> and <em>progress reports</em> to <c>stdio</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>sasl_report_file_h</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Formats and writes <em>supervisor reports</em>, <em>crash report</em> and <em>progress report</em> to a single file.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>error_logger_mf_h</c></tag>
<item>
<p>This error logger writes <em>all</em> events sent to
the error logger to disk. It installs the <c>log_mf_h</c>
event handler in the <c>error_logger</c> process.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
<section>
<title>Configuration</title>
<p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the SASL
application. See <c>app(4)</c> for more information about
configuration parameters:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[sasl_error_logger = Value <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>Value</c> is one of:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>tty</c></tag>
<item>Installs <c>sasl_report_tty_h</c> in the error logger.
This is the default option.</item>
<tag><c>{file,FileName}</c></tag>
<item>Installs <c>sasl_report_file_h</c> in the error logger.
This makes all reports go to the file <c>FileName</c>.
<c>FileName</c> is a string.</item>
<tag><c>false</c></tag>
<item>
<p>No SASL error logger handler is installed.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[errlog_type = error | progress | all <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Restricts the error logging performed by the specified
<c>sasl_error_logger</c> to error reports, progress reports,
or both. Default is <c>all</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_dir = string() | false<optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies in which directory the files are stored. If this
parameter is undefined or <c>false</c>,
the <c>error_logger_mf_h</c> is not installed.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_maxbytes = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies how large each individual file can be. If this
parameter is undefined, the <c>error_logger_mf_h</c> is not
installed.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_maxfiles = 0<integer()<256 <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies how many files are used. If this parameter is
undefined, the <c>error_logger_mf_h</c> is not installed.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[overload_max_intensity = float() > 0 <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies the maximum intensity for <c>overload</c>. Default
is <c>0.8</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[overload_weight = float() > 0 <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies the <c>overload</c> weight. Default is <c>0.1</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[start_prg = string() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies which program should be used when restarting
the system. Default is <c>$OTP_ROOT/bin/start</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[masters = [atom()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies which nodes this node uses to read/write release
information. This parameter is ignored if
the <c>client_directory</c> parameter is not set.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[client_directory = string() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>This parameter specifies the client directory at the master
nodes. Refer to Release Handling in <em>OTP Design Principles</em> for more information. This parameter is
ignored if the <c>masters</c> parameter is not set.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[static_emulator = true | false <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Indicates if the Erlang emulator is statically installed. A
node with a static emulator cannot switch dynamically to a
new emulator as the executable files are written into memory
statically. This parameter is ignored if the <c>masters</c>
and <c>client_directory</c> parameters are not set.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[releases_dir = string() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Indicates where the <c>releases</c> directory is located.
The release handler writes all its files to this directory.
If this parameter is not set, the OS environment parameter
<c>RELDIR</c> is used. By default, this is
<c>$OTP_ROOT/releases</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[utc_log = true | false <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If set to <c>true</c>, all dates in textual log outputs are
displayed in Universal Coordinated Time with the string
<c>UTC</c> appended.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
<section>
<title>See Also</title>
<p><seealso marker="alarm_handler">alarm_handler(3)</seealso>,
error_logger(3),
log_mf_h(3),
<seealso marker="overload">overload(3)</seealso>,
<seealso marker="rb">rb(3)</seealso>,
<seealso marker="release_handler">release_handler(3)</seealso>,
<seealso marker="systools">systools(3)</seealso></p>
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