~ scribe ~ Entware syslog-ng and logrotate installer for Asuswrt-Merlin

scribe is a syslog-ng and logrotate installer for ASUS routers running Asuswrt-Merlin

Getting Started

Prerequisites

1. Asuswrt-Merlin running on a supported ASUS router
2. Entware installed, preferably using amtm
3. jffs scripts enabled in the firmware; installing Entware should have taken care of this part

• scribe includes handlers for the logs created by skynet; if you wish to use these handlers, it is advised to install skynet first. If skynet is installed after scribe, you will have to re-run the installation and force installation.

Installing

SSH into the router and run:

/usr/sbin/curl --retry 3 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cynicastic/scribe/master/scribe" -o "/jffs/scripts/scribe" && chmod 0755 /jffs/scripts/scribe && /jffs/scripts/scribe install

WARNING

This software was written by someone who very likely didn't know what they were doing. There is a non-zero chance this software will not function as intended, cause irreparable data loss and/or hardware damage, or accidentally trigger the annihilation of the earth. End user accepts all these potential outcomes as the unavoidable consequences of existing.

ToDo:

• Try to keep up with the seemingly ever-changing syslog-ng

Built With

• vim - because vi is always there, so I'm not lost on a clean install.
• amix's vimrc - basic version.

Contributing

Code:

This has been a learning project for me, so I'm probably more married to my way of doing things than I should be. Not to say suggestions aren't appreciated - they are and will be considered; but they are likely to be altered to my way of thinking about things if I add them, even if your way is clearly better.

Money:

Even if you think this is the best thing since sliced bread, please do not enquire about sending me money. If I accepted money, I'll feel obligated to keep improving this, and I've got more than enough obligations in life at this point.

Authors

"Success has many fathers, but failure is a bastard child."

This isn't high school, it's all open book and copying from your neighbor is encouraged. All the good bits I stole from someone else, all the crap bits and errors are mine.

Acknowledgments

• RMerlin, for enduring an endless stream of people who will not read the release notes (out of his control), yet is still dedicated to producing the awesomeness that is AsusWRT-Merlin in what used to be known as his "free time".

• The great coders of SNB Forums, in alphabetical order, for lack of a better system:

  • Adamm
  • dave14305
  • Jack Yaz
  • kvic
  • Martineau
  • Odkrys
  • thelonelycoder
  • Xentrk

• Alpha and Beta testing endured by Butterfly Bones, elorimer, and skeal.

• I'm sure I missed someone, if it's you, I'm sorry, it wasn't intentional.

• Template used for thie README shamelessly stolen from PurpleBooth

Seriously?

Are you really still reading this? I'd have probably lost interest about halfway through.