iclogger

This is server application for logging events from client applications. Logs can be serialized as json record to file or save to Amazon DynamoDB database.

How to install on Amazon infrastructure

Create table in DynamoDB

Create table with index on Hash key: content Primary Range Key: session

Create EC2 instance with Ubuntu image

Select 64 bits version. And remember to allow HTTP access. When server is ready connect to it using ssh. While connected to the server

Update package manager

sudo apt-get update

Install git

sudo apt-get install git

Install apache2

sudo apt-get install apache2
apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi

Check if apache is working correctly be visiting your server with web browser. You should get apache2 default page with message: It works!

Install Python pip tool

sudo apt-get install python-pip

Install Flask python library

sudo pip install flask

Create config file for boto library with authorization keys in /etc/boto.cfg. Example:

[Credentials]
aws_access_key_id = <your access key>
aws_secret_access_key = <your secret key>

Prepare iclogger application

git clone https://github.com/klangner/iclogger.git
cd iclogger/src/iclogger
cp example_settings.py settings.py
vim settings.py

Using vim editor change TABLE_NAME to table you created on DynamoDB.

Configure apache to point to iclogger.wsgi

Now you you can try to open page: .amazonaws.com/?content=test&session=1&event=12

And check if there is a new row in dynamoDB table.