Logging to WebService

ZombieService allows you to log events to an endpoint/WebService. If you have a WebService setup that accepts a HTTP POST request, then ZombieService can log to it. Here's what to expect and how to set it up:

Setup ZombieService so that it sends POST requests on log events.

1. First we need to tell ZombieService that we even want to log to a database/web service. By default ZombieService will be setup to only log to a local file. That file will be located in a {basedir}/logs. In order to add a webservice to it, just add a 4th argument to the command line arguments when Zombie Service is launched.

ZombieService.exe ZombieSettings AccessToken WebServiceEndpoint

• First argument is a path to ZombieService.exe file that will be launched.
• Second argument is a path to ZombieSettings. This can be a path to remote settings like a public repo on GitHub.
• Third argument is an Access Token for a GitHub repo that Zombie will pull Releases from.
• Fourth argument is a path to Web Service REST API endpoint that is capable of consuming a POST request. An example of such endpoint: http://localhost:8080/api/v2/zombielogs

Setup a Schema for the database. Here's what the JSON payload will look like:

{
    "source" : "ZombieService.Runner.RunnerUtils.PublishGuiUpdate at line: 259",
    "exception" : "",
    "machine" : "NY-FWR-L011",
    "level" : "Info",
    "version" : "0.0.2.19689",
    "createdAt" : ISODate("2018-07-27T15:02:16.747Z"),
    "message" : "This is some message!"
}

All parameters are of type String except createdAt which is of type DateTime.