README.stats.md

Statistics logging.

nntp-rs logs in almost the same format as diablo does. There are a few small differences though, for consistency reasons.

For syslog logging, one of the main differences is the name of the binary. With diablo, incoming feeds log diablo[pid]: ... and outgoing feeds log newslink[pid]: .... Since nntp-rs does both in a single binary, all syslog logs start with nntp-rs-server[pid]: ....

So to be able to tell incoming and outgoing feeds apart in a consistent way, we need to change the log format slightly. But otherwise, all the key/values logged are the exact same, in the same format.

Incoming feeds.

• on connect, a field is added at the end, [label].
• when logging stats, Stats <number> is inserted before the key/value stats themselves. This makes it look more like the Connection / Disconnect log lines, and it makes it easier to associate Connection / Stats /Disconnect log lines.

Outgoing feeds.

• log lines are prefixed with Feed .
• log lines in diablo start with hostname / spoolfile. This is now changed to label : connection_id.