What it is

Methodica LogzMon is a log file viewer and a simple log file monitor.
The log files are scanned and read from the web server.
The results are submitted to the client where a standard browser is needed.

Main features

• List current log files, archived files, and any ASCII text files that can be read on the same web server
  machine, where LogzMon is installed.
• Show the contents of selected files or archives.
• Highlight entries matching certain criteria (REGEX(1) patterns).
• Monitor an active log file, auto-refreshing the contents.
• In Auto-refresh mode, send messages to Syslog daemons, via e-mail or SMS when log entries match
  certain patterns.
• Limit the amount of memory used by the browser by limiting the number of lines interpreted.
• Navigate thru pages.
• Select among predefined window sizes, typical for notebook and desktop screens.
• Multi-language support (currently English and German are implemented).

How it works

Methodica LogzMon consists of server-side and client-side components.
The server-side components are PHP(2) scripts, templates, and configuration files.
The client side component is dynamically generated from a template and updated by the serverside
main script. It is an HTML page containing HTML code, style sheets (CSS(3)), and JavaScript code.
This page should be correctly processed by modern browsers(4).

Client and server components communicate using AJAX technology. I.e. your browser must be
configured to allow for running JavaScript and, when you are using the Internet Explorer browser,
the standard AJAX ActiveX component provided by Microsoft.

(1) REGular EXpression,. In the Unix / Linux world, standard format for search patterns.
(2) PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
(3) CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
(4) LogzMon has been tested with Internet Explorer 6.0/7.0, Mozilla 1.7+, Firefox 1.5/2.0, Opera 8+.