Hello lists. I tried to include relevant lists where this could be useful, please forgive me if I sent it where I shouldn't have. Tool Announce : LogAgent 3.0 Free (Open Source) and Pro LogAgent 3.0 is the latest version of my popular log monitoring tool, and also the first version available for commercial use. I would like to think of LogAgent as the "Holy Grail of Windows logging", you tell me if I'm wrong. With version 3.0, you now have the ability to monitor your Event Viewer logs in real-time just like any normal log file, and the data is sent in ASCII format to the central location(s) (local or remote) you specified. Also new with this version, you can specify NULL directories for greater flexibility with the too's behavior, and output data can be sent to a printer (this is still considered beta, see documentation for more details). LogAgent 3.0 Pro sports the same features, but also take some steps to keep log filesize low enough to keep LogAgent performance optimal (flushed data is then kept in a backup-log file (.blg)), and offers complete Event Viewer log maintenance, in order to avoid omission of log entry or duplication of reporting the same event. But the main feature of LogAgent 3.0 Pro is the ability to run as a Windows Service, hiding from view, making it ideal to run on your users desktop to monitor their local log files. LogAgent is also ideal for monitoring and centralizing ComLog log files. This tool is Open Source, and you can freely download the source code (Free version only), the binary and the documentation (all in 1 .zip file) from my website http://securit.iquebec.com. LogAgent 3.0 Pro ships with a 5-machines evaluation license (no time limit). Version History: Changes from version 3.0 Free to 3.0 Pro include: - ability to run LogAgent as a Windows service (no console), or as a normal program - complete management of monitored log files and Event Viewer logs, ensuring that all records are accounted for, for better performance and easier management (since no assumptions can be made of LogAgent's configuration, purged data is kept in a local back-up file with a .blg extension (for Backed-up LoG)) - binary available for free, with a 5-users evaluation license. Additionnal licenses can be purchased at my website http://securit.iquebec.com Changes from version 2.1 to 3.0 Free include: - ability to monitor the Event Viewer logs (always on) just like any normal ASCII log file - ability to send output to the printer (this feature is still considered beta, see Known Issues for more details) - ability to specify NULL directories in config.txt and mondir.txt, for a more flexible behavior - now reports it's own activity (Starting and Shutting down) in the Event Viewer, then reporter by LogAgent itself, making it possible to detect if it's been disabled on a computer, for example - configuration files are locked during execution - fixed the bug that made LogAgent react to changes made to binary files present in monitored directories - some minor bugs have been fixed - different installation procedure Changes from version 2.0 beta to 2.1 include: - you can specify filenames instead of simply its path, which allows for keeping track of linecount. If you only wnat to specify a logfile path without the actual filename (which is how LogAgent used to work), simply put a * - keeping track of linecount allows to fix the line-drop problem previous versions encountered. If the filename is omitted, linecount is still taken care of. If lines are deleted from a file when it is being monitored, LogAgent will reset the linecount to 0 and redump the whole file. Changes from version 1.0 to 2.0 beta include: - the configuration is now independant of source-code (big improvement). The configuration is now handled by two files, config.txt and mondir.txt - the programming style is procedural, so it makes it for simpler code to read - Lots of comments in the code to make it easier to understand how the program works - checks the config files for empty spaces, empty lines, bad characters, switch '/' to '\', ... - can have as many output directories (local or remote) as you want (one directory path per line in mondir.txt) - can have as many monitored directories (local) as you want, listed one directory path by line after the fourth line in config.txt - the ability to switch on and off the logging of the IP, hostname and username (first 3 lines of config.txt) - the ability to switch on and off the display of information on the console (the fourth line of config.txt) - using the SHOWCONSOLE option, you can actively keep an eye on the activity in your log files by monitoring your central log directory with LogAgent Adam Richard, aka Floydman SecurIT Informatique Inc.
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