Debug logging doesn't work

[platinum55]

Issue:

1. Go on Expert - Logs
2. Click "Enable debug logging"
3. Click again on the menu link, the checkbox isnt checked and there is no debugging enabled

What I found out:

Browser did a POST request with "EnableDebugLevelLogging: true" inside

[ploughpuff]

Thanks for posting as I'm experiencing the same with latest master..

[ploughpuff]

Seems EnableDebugLevelLogging was pruned under PR #830 (7554f63)

@Bond-009 As this removal appears designed, what is the correct method for enabling the LogDebug() writes please?

[Bond-009]

You need to change the logger config manually.

[ploughpuff]

Ok, how do you do that?

Also, do we need an issue raising on jellyfin-web to remove the checkbox?

[platinum55]

I tried setting "EnableDebugLevelLogging = true" in the main config file, but it had no effect - how to enable debug-logging manually?

[joshuaboniface]

In the logging.json file under the configdir (default datadir/config), you change:

"MinimumLevel": "Information",

to

"MinimumLevel": "Debug",

And then restart Jellyfin. The debug messages show up in the log with the tag DBG.

[joshuaboniface]

I do agree we should simply prune this out of the WebUI, or add an interface to edit the logging.json file. I'm less a fan of the latter since it just adds more complexity, but perhaps it could be made into a runtime flag for that current session, i.e. an in-memory config change - do you know if that's possible @Bond-009?

[platinum55]

First, thank you very much for this information! About the complexity: I think it's better to give the user more power instead of moving options out of view. The "advanced" tab is maybe the best target for this, as it was already :)

[joshuaboniface]

I mean complexity in terms of having to get the server to edit another configuration file. It's doable, but I'd rather it be via some sort of physical editor; the logging configuration is quite complex and isn't well suited to buttons in a GUI.

[JustAMan]

As a stopgap measure we should be saying this much in documentation:

In the logging.json file under the configdir (default datadir/config), you change:

"MinimumLevel": "Information",

to

"MinimumLevel": "Debug",

And then restart Jellyfin. The debug messages show up in the log with the tag DBG.

And hide the option from Web UI (or make it a link pointing to the documentation).

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[JustAMan]

Uhh, this should be fixed sometime.

[JustAMan]

Fixed by jellyfin/jellyfin-web#272