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diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml index e0693fcb60..48b0b8eafb 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/sasl_app.xml @@ -34,12 +34,9 @@ <p>The SASL application provides the following services:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item><c>alarm_handler</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> @@ -47,51 +44,109 @@ </description> <section> - <title>Error Logger Event Handlers</title> - <p>The following error logger event handlers are used by - the SASL application.</p> + <title>Configuration</title> + <p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the SASL + application. For more information about configuration parameters, see + <seealso marker="kernel:app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso> in Kernel.</p> + <p>All configuration parameters are optional.</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c><![CDATA[start_prg = string() ]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>Specifies the program to be used when restarting the system + during release installation. Default is + <c>$OTP_ROOT/bin/start</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[masters = [atom()] ]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>Specifies the nodes used by this node to read/write release + information. This parameter is ignored if parameter + <c>client_directory</c> is not set.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[client_directory = string() ]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>This parameter specifies the client directory at the master + nodes. For details, see + <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:release_handling">Release Handling</seealso> + in <em>OTP Design Principles</em>. This parameter is + ignored if parameter <c>masters</c> is not set.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[static_emulator = true | false ]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>Indicates if the Erlang emulator is statically installed. A + node with a static emulator cannot switch dynamically to a + new emulator, as the executable files are written into memory + statically. This parameter is ignored if parameters <c>masters</c> + and <c>client_directory</c> are not set.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[releases_dir = string() ]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>Indicates where the <c>releases</c> directory is located. + The release handler writes all its files to this directory. + If this parameter is not set, the OS environment parameter + <c>RELDIR</c> is used. By default, this is + <c>$OTP_ROOT/releases</c>.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[utc_log = true | false ]]></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>Deprecated Error Logger Event Handlers and Configuration</title> + <p>In OTP-21, a new API for logging was added to Erlang/OTP. The + old <c>error_logger</c> event manager, and event handlers + running on this manager, will still work, but they are not used + by default.</p> + <p>The error logger event handlers <c>sasl_report_tty_h</c> + and <c>sasl_report_file_h</c>, were earliger used for printing + the so called SASL reports, i.e. <em>supervisor + reports</em>, <em>crash reports</em>, and <em>progress + reports</em>. These reports are now also printed by the standard + logger handler started by the Kernel application. Progress + reports are by default stopped by a filter, but can easily be + added by setting the Kernel configuration + parameter <seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#logger_log_progress"><c>logger_log_progress=true</c></seealso>.</p> + <p>If the old error logger event handlers are still desired, they + must be added by + calling <c>error_logger:add_report_handler/1,2</c>.</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>. This error logger event handler uses - <seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#error_logger_format_depth">error_logger_format_depth</seealso> - in the Kernel application to limit how much detail is - printed in crash and supervisor reports.</p> + <seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#logger_format_depth"><c>logger_format_depth</c></seealso> + in the Kernel application to limit how much detail is printed + in crash and supervisor reports. If <c>logger_format_depth</c> + is not set, it uses the old <c>error_logger_format_depth</c> + instead.</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. This error logger event handler uses - <seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#error_logger_format_depth">error_logger_format_depth</seealso> - in the Kernel application to limit the details - printed in crash and supervisor reports.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>log_mf_h</c></tag> - <item> - <p>This error logger writes <em>all</em> events sent to the - error logger to disk. Multiple files and log rotation are - used. For efficiency reasons, each event is written as a - binary. For more information about this handler, - see <seealso marker="stdlib:log_mf_h">the STDLIB Reference - Manual</seealso>.</p> - <p>To activate this event handler, three SASL - configuration parameters must be set, - <c>error_logger_mf_dir</c>, <c>error_logger_mf_maxbytes</c>, - and <c>error_logger_mf_maxfiles</c>. The next section provides - more information about the configuration parameters.</p> + <seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#logger_format_depth"><c>logger_format_depth</c></seealso> + in the Kernel application to limit the details printed in + crash and supervisor reports. If <c>logger_format_depth</c> is + not set, it uses the old <c>error_logger_format_depth</c> + instead.</p> </item> </taglist> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Configuration</title> - <p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the SASL - application. For more information about configuration parameters, see - <seealso marker="kernel:app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso> in Kernel.</p> - <p>All configuration parameters are optional.</p> + <p>A similar behaviour, but still using the new logger API, can be + obtained by setting the Kernel application environment + variable <seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#logger_sasl_compatible"><c>logger_sasl_compatible=true</c></seealso>. This will add a + second instance of the standard logger handler + named <c>sasl_h</c>, which will only print the SASL reports. No + SASL reports will then be printed by the Kernel logger + handler.</p> + <p>The <c>sasl_h</c> handler will be configured according to the + values of the following SASL application environment + variables.</p> <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[sasl_error_logger = Value ]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -124,6 +179,19 @@ <c>sasl_error_logger</c> to error reports or progress reports, or both. Default is <c>all</c>.</p> </item> + </taglist> + + <p>The error logger event handler <c>log_mf_h</c> can also still + be used. This event handler writes <em>all</em> events sent to + the error logger to disk. Multiple files and log rotation are + used. For efficiency reasons, each event is written as a + binary. For more information about this handler, + see <seealso marker="stdlib:log_mf_h">the STDLIB Reference + Manual</seealso>.</p> + <p>To activate this event handler, three SASL configuration + parameters must be + set:</p> + <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_dir = string() | false ]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Specifies in which directory <c>log_mf_h</c> is to store @@ -142,49 +210,12 @@ this parameter is undefined, the <c>log_mf_h</c> handler is not installed.</p> </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[start_prg = string() ]]></c></tag> - <item> - <p>Specifies the program to be used when restarting the system - during release installation. Default is - <c>$OTP_ROOT/bin/start</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[masters = [atom()] ]]></c></tag> - <item> - <p>Specifies the nodes used by this node to read/write release - information. This parameter is ignored if parameter - <c>client_directory</c> is not set.</p> - </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[client_directory = string() ]]></c></tag> - <item> - <p>This parameter specifies the client directory at the master - nodes. For details, see - <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:release_handling">Release Handling</seealso> - in <em>OTP Design Principles</em>. This parameter is - ignored if parameter <c>masters</c> is not set.</p> - </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[static_emulator = true | false ]]></c></tag> - <item> - <p>Indicates if the Erlang emulator is statically installed. A - node with a static emulator cannot switch dynamically to a - new emulator, as the executable files are written into memory - statically. This parameter is ignored if parameters <c>masters</c> - and <c>client_directory</c> are not set.</p> - </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[releases_dir = string() ]]></c></tag> - <item> - <p>Indicates where the <c>releases</c> directory is located. - The release handler writes all its files to this directory. - If this parameter is not set, the OS environment parameter - <c>RELDIR</c> is used. By default, this is - <c>$OTP_ROOT/releases</c>.</p> - </item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[utc_log = true | false ]]></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> + <p>The new <seealso marker="kernel:logger_disk_log_h"> + <c>logger_disk_log_h</c></seealso> might be an alternative + to <c>log_mf_h</c> if log rotation is desired. This does, + however, write the log events in clear text and not as binaries.</p> + </section> <section> |