Cloud VPS Server Admin Log

The Server Admin Log (known as SAL) is a public collection of short messages, published from server administrators (in Toolforge, Cloud VPS projects, etc.) in order to track and share server activities (related to maintenance, upgrades, fixes, etc.) and better collaborate.

To add a new message you can join this IRC channel: #wikimedia-cloud ^connect. Then send a message using this format:

!log <project> <message>

Example:

!log write-here-the-project-code My cat destroyed the database. Sorry. Now fixed.

Note that the project code of a Toolforge tool is "tools.<toolname>".

A bot will read your message and automatically add it to a Wikitech page (Nova Resource:<project>/SAL).

If you are in a Toolforge bastion shell you can also send a message using this command (the project name is automatically included):

dologmsg <message>

The SAL tool is useful to explore log entries from projects:

• toolforge:sal/projects

• Category:SAL
• Project list on the SAL tool
• recent changes in Nova Resource namespace (atom)